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2004-01-07 Home Front

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Posted by Paris Airhead 2004-01-07 3:19:16 AM|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Paris,I'm glad I saw your secound post,I was just about to slap all Muslems living in America with a very broad,dirty brush.

Posted by raptor 2004-1-7 6:11:25 AM|| 2004-1-7 6:11:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 He pauses. âNone of the Arab guys come to say hi or good luck or wish you the best,â Moufid says. âThey feel my son is Arab. He is from the Middle East. He is not supposed to be in the U.S. Army. It is the wrong feelings."

This is the result when nothing matters except race. Look around; it's more prevalent than you might think.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-7 10:16:48 AM|| 2004-1-7 10:16:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 On the other hand, when I get a phonecall and there is nobody there, just silence, I hang up before the computer kicks over to a marketing company. They allude to this in the article but then continue with the darker story without providing any real foundation.

Posted by ruprecht 2004-1-7 11:17:25 AM|| 2004-1-7 11:17:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Moufid, change your name to Mike Collins. Move away from the angry, seething, scum and never look back. Suggest to your son to becom Ted Collins and do the same. No baggage, no problems.

Posted by Lucky 2004-1-7 12:32:12 PM|| 2004-1-7 12:32:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Careful with those broad brushes and buckets of tar there, guys. Moufid and Talal are living proof that there are loyal Arab-Americans and loyal Moslem-Americans. (Hell, these guys are more loyal than Mikey Moore or James Earl Peanut!) "American" is not a race or an ethnicity, or even necessarily a description of citizenship -- it's a philosophy. All those who wish to stand with us are welcome.

Posted by Mike 2004-1-7 1:05:58 PM|| 2004-1-7 1:05:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Hmmm...there's something missing here. Like, say, any actual abuse? I didn't see any claimed name-calling, vandalism, anything. Just "their eyes talk". And mysterious hang-up phone calls. Uh huh. Get on the Do Not Call list, Moufid. That'll take care of those phone calls.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2004-1-7 1:59:02 PM|| [http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2004-1-7 1:59:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 ..it's a philosophy.

Then lose the hyphenating, which draws lines based on some attribute, like ethnicity or religion. They're either Americans or they're not.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-7 2:05:40 PM|| 2004-1-7 2:05:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The hyphenation myth. You are either an American, in spirit and substance -- or you're not.

When some group, whether based on ethnicity or race or religion or any other superstition or imaginary pivot point, refuses to integrate itself with the American Society (or philosophy, as Mike pointed out), then it declares itself a tumor on the body of America. Allowed to flourish, and multiplied by the number of such asinine distinctions, it can eventually become deadly - whether politically or economically or socially. In fact, though it has no actual substance, it is the one insidious notion which can actually threaten us - far more than weapons or ideologies. Rainbow crap and cultural diversity - this is the real danger posed by PCism and mindless liberalism. Pfeh.

Talal and Moufid deserve the ultimate compliment - that they are simply Americans. And good Americans, at that - I'd like to meet Moufid and buy him dinner. "Schway, schway", bubba - you're not alone. Those "local Arabs" in Detroit that the article refers to, if they are hounding Moufid, are actually a stupidity tumor and should be excised... painfully, if possible. Local police should investigate - and stomp on them with jackboots if they are responsible for this harassment.

Dubya said it so clearly and so well: "Either you're with us or you're against us." Us. Melike simplisme.

Posted by .com 2004-1-7 2:17:37 PM|| 2004-1-7 2:17:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 B-a-r - oops! I was clacking keys while you posted. Apologies for the overlap -- great minds think alike! 8-)

Posted by .com 2004-1-7 2:26:41 PM|| 2004-1-7 2:26:41 PM|| Front Page Top

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