strathspey@strathspey.org:27426

Tim Harrison

Re: Afghan opinion

Sept. 18, 2001, 9:31 p.m. (Message 27426, in reply to message 27418)

At 01:14 PM 9/18/01, xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx wrote:
>--- A "Native" of anywhere is someone who was born there. The so
called "NAtive Americans," meaning American Indians, also are
immigrants. My family has been here 10 generations...before this
country was this country. I was born here. I am, therefore, a native.
As for hyphens...especially in a time of war there is no room for a
half-assed committment. We must be united as Americans. Hyphens split
us up.

Being proud of one's ancestry and cultural heritage doesn't
automatically cause one to have a "half-assed" commitment to all
others.

End of my participation in this thread. I seem to be encouraging more
inflammatory statements.

-- Tim Harrison
-- Austin, Texas