Posted on 03/28/2003 6:08:52 AM PST by BunnySlippers
Three Men Drop Package, Rappel Down NYC Bridge - TV
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Three unidentified men walked across the Williamsburgh Bridge that links Manhattan and Brooklyn, dropped packages near construction workers, and then rappelled over the side of the bridge, local Fox affiliate television channel WNYW reported Friday morning.
The men were taken into custody immediatley afterwards, the report said. According to the report, the bridge was closed.
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03-28-03 0857ET- - 08 57 AM EST 03-28-03
WNYW said the three men in custody were of Middle Eastern descent.
The Manhattan Bridge, which also links Manhattan and Brooklyn, was closed going towards Brooklyn, WNBC said.
According to WNYW, all the bridges going into Manhattan are being examined.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
03-28-03 0903ET- - 09 03 AM EST 03-28-03
Wake Up America!!!!
Sure it is.
Littering.
Zacharias Moussaoui is a black Algerian French boy
Jose Padilla is a hispanci gang hoodlum from Chitcago
Abu Sayyaf members are Philipino
There were Chinese al Qaeda member in Afghanistan and quite a few ethnic mongolian muslims.
Sudanese blacks, British whites, etc.
Racewise, most Israelis and Arabs are brothers
Which race were you referring to again?
I think we might be safe if we only allow Ainu from Japan, Australian Aborigines, and Tahitians into the country.
Wake Up America!
When any of these races start having a huge majority of their members join a religion that teaches to either convert or destroy us and our beloved country... then and only then does your arguement hold any relevance.
BTW,your post was not one fourth as brilliant as you thought it was. Sorry to pop your bubble, but someone has to do it. It only exposed the extent you will go to in order to cloud the real issue.
I discovered that annoying fact under similar circumstances.
One of my cousins had a bi-racial kid (out-of-wedlock), but that's besides the point. The thing is, my grandmother, in particular, held the biracial thing against him. Even as a young teen, I found her attitude deplorable.
I have nothing but the highest respect for my dad; it must have been hard for him to rise above that.
If the majority of whites were of a religion that taught to convert or destroy us I would speak up loud and clear that I was not part of it and that I condemn it.
I would expect that anyone with human decency would do so.
My concern is this: I'm an Italian-American. Do I need to follow a litmus test to prove that I'm not a mobster, because the best-known Italian-americans were members of the mafia? Should I have to affirm, upon the demand of anyone, that I abhor the mafia?
I think I would take umbrage if you demanded that of me, knowing nothing other thant the fact I am Italian. I can only imagine that that's what an Arab must feel when he is (incessantly) demanded to prove his patriotic credentials by decrying the indefensible.
I know a guy named Samir. He does a fair amount of travelling preaching (as a Protestant Christian), so that requires a lot of airline travel. He is constantly profiled -- and he finds it quite offensive. Why? because is no more likely to be a terrorist than we are. But, because his name is Samir, and he is clearly Arabic, people single him out for scrutiny. It's understandable, but its also wrong. You're judging a man based on his upbringing, not on his character as a person.
1. While the Mafia was evil, it was not based on a central tenant of destroying our great country. Islam is. Big difference.
2. I personally have little sympathy for your friend. Why not? Because he is offended by our need to stop the insanity called Islam. I am sorry his people have decided to follow that path. Big time bummer of a situation to be in. But it is a truth that is slapping us in the face. Do you have a better solution? I feel this way because I know of no better solution.
A better solution: exactly what we're doing now: retribution, terrible and sure. Preventing a determined terrorist is nearly impossible; they'll find a way to a target, if they want to bad enough. Look at Israel-- they do everything you suggest. And they're getting the crap bombed out of them. Their relative peace was when Netenyahu was Prime Minister -- and he told Arafat he'd hold him personally responsible if there were any terrorist incidents. Suprise, suprise: there weren't any until Barak was PM. Or, to quote The Godfather: "If there's one thing history has taught us, its that you can get close to anyone." Perfect security is impossible.
Thus, security must rest on the fact that the Amerian response to terrorist threats will be terrible, swift, and sure. And we're doing that. Bin Laden's either dead, or he doesn't dare show his face. Saddam's hiding or dead too. That's done more to neutralize our enemies than our pathetic attempts of profiling security could ever do.
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