Outrage.
I recently received the following e-mail and was instantly outraged. Below is the e-mail in its entirety, and below that, is my response. Let me know what you think.
The e-mail:
"Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 00:47:00 +0000
One of my friends sent this along to me, and I wanted to pass it on to you! I knew *NOTHING* about this stamp and would have BOUGHT and USED it without knowing it as a "Terror Stamp"!!!!
~Tiffany
Now, of all times, when we are on the brink of war with another fanatical Muslim country, our USPS comes out with this???? Think of our 250,000 men & women who are over in the desert or on a ship about to risk their very lives for the safety of those of us still at home with our families. And, just this week, the Terror Alert level was raised again to "HIGH". We were told last night on the news that a war with Iraq could possibly be a rallying cry for terrorist attacks around the world. Any one of us could be in immanent danger because fanatical Muslims have infiltrated our wonderful country and could be anywhere around us. There's no way to know who's peaceable and who's just waiting... Looking at this from another direction, this country was indeed founded by an overwhelming majority of Christians!! The Bible, Ten Commandments, faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior are the foundations of this great country. Where's the stamp with Calgary on it? Where's the stamp with even a simple cross? The Ten Commandments are being taken down everywhere. Children are NOT allowed to pray in school or a school football game. City Halls cannot put up a Nativity scene at Christmas. Good Friday is no longer a holiday. And our postal system wants to honor a Muslim holiday??? There is no justice or even fairness. Everyway I look at this stamp is offensive to me as an American and as a Christian.
Jennifer,
Proud American & supporter of our President and our troops!!!
Dear Patriotic Americans,
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of PanAm Flight 103!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the military barracks in Saudi Arabia!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the American Embassies in Africa!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the USS COLE!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11/01!
REMEMBER all the AMERICAN lives that were lost in those vicious MUSLIM attacks!
Now the United States Postal Service REMEMBERS and HONORS the EID MUSLIM holiday season with a commemorative first class holiday postage stamp.
I strongly urge you to REMEMBER to adamantly and vocally BOYCOTT this stamp when purchasing your stamps at the post office. To use this stamp would be a slap in the face to all those AMERICANS who died at the hands of those whom this stamp honors. I also strongly urge you to pass this along to every Patriotic AMERICAN you know whether by email or otherwise."
My resposne:
"This e-mail strikes a nerve in me. I doubt anyone here knows the person who authored it. Little does the author know, she couldn't be more anti-American. Our country was found on the belief that all of its people, regardless of religious or political beliefs, are free to pursue health, wealth, happiness and prosperity, equally and without persecution. This person is downright racist, and I am embarassed she is an American.
Think about what she said. She's right, the stamp is to comemorate a Muslim holiday, and then she says the USPS is supporting terrosim, immediately implying that all Muslims are terrorists. She forgets so soon that we have terrorists, American terrorists, among us, too. How about Timothy McVeigh? He is no less a terrorist than Osama bin Laden and his followers.
Furthermore, in the bottom of the e-mail where the author lists all atrocities "committed by Muslims" she fails to mention every single one of them were initiaited by Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda terrorist network. How dare she classify ALL Muslims as terrorists. It is because of arrogance and stupidity such as this that other cultures find Americans offensive. It's only too bad the rest of us good hearted in nature get lumped together with such ignorant people.
Please, all of you, refuse to pass along such ignorant, racist material."
I do not know who the Tiffany and Jennifer are in the e-mail. I am sure this e-mail has been around thousands of times by now, and what a shame. I doubt my reply, sent to all those who received it from my sender, will forward those comments with it. If you'd like to check out and learn more about the stamp, go here.
I recently received the following e-mail and was instantly outraged. Below is the e-mail in its entirety, and below that, is my response. Let me know what you think.
The e-mail:
"Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 00:47:00 +0000
One of my friends sent this along to me, and I wanted to pass it on to you! I knew *NOTHING* about this stamp and would have BOUGHT and USED it without knowing it as a "Terror Stamp"!!!!
~Tiffany
Now, of all times, when we are on the brink of war with another fanatical Muslim country, our USPS comes out with this???? Think of our 250,000 men & women who are over in the desert or on a ship about to risk their very lives for the safety of those of us still at home with our families. And, just this week, the Terror Alert level was raised again to "HIGH". We were told last night on the news that a war with Iraq could possibly be a rallying cry for terrorist attacks around the world. Any one of us could be in immanent danger because fanatical Muslims have infiltrated our wonderful country and could be anywhere around us. There's no way to know who's peaceable and who's just waiting... Looking at this from another direction, this country was indeed founded by an overwhelming majority of Christians!! The Bible, Ten Commandments, faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior are the foundations of this great country. Where's the stamp with Calgary on it? Where's the stamp with even a simple cross? The Ten Commandments are being taken down everywhere. Children are NOT allowed to pray in school or a school football game. City Halls cannot put up a Nativity scene at Christmas. Good Friday is no longer a holiday. And our postal system wants to honor a Muslim holiday??? There is no justice or even fairness. Everyway I look at this stamp is offensive to me as an American and as a Christian.
Jennifer,
Proud American & supporter of our President and our troops!!!
Dear Patriotic Americans,
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of PanAm Flight 103!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the military barracks in Saudi Arabia!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the American Embassies in Africa!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the USS COLE!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11/01!
REMEMBER all the AMERICAN lives that were lost in those vicious MUSLIM attacks!
Now the United States Postal Service REMEMBERS and HONORS the EID MUSLIM holiday season with a commemorative first class holiday postage stamp.
I strongly urge you to REMEMBER to adamantly and vocally BOYCOTT this stamp when purchasing your stamps at the post office. To use this stamp would be a slap in the face to all those AMERICANS who died at the hands of those whom this stamp honors. I also strongly urge you to pass this along to every Patriotic AMERICAN you know whether by email or otherwise."
My resposne:
"This e-mail strikes a nerve in me. I doubt anyone here knows the person who authored it. Little does the author know, she couldn't be more anti-American. Our country was found on the belief that all of its people, regardless of religious or political beliefs, are free to pursue health, wealth, happiness and prosperity, equally and without persecution. This person is downright racist, and I am embarassed she is an American.
Think about what she said. She's right, the stamp is to comemorate a Muslim holiday, and then she says the USPS is supporting terrosim, immediately implying that all Muslims are terrorists. She forgets so soon that we have terrorists, American terrorists, among us, too. How about Timothy McVeigh? He is no less a terrorist than Osama bin Laden and his followers.
Furthermore, in the bottom of the e-mail where the author lists all atrocities "committed by Muslims" she fails to mention every single one of them were initiaited by Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda terrorist network. How dare she classify ALL Muslims as terrorists. It is because of arrogance and stupidity such as this that other cultures find Americans offensive. It's only too bad the rest of us good hearted in nature get lumped together with such ignorant people.
Please, all of you, refuse to pass along such ignorant, racist material."
I do not know who the Tiffany and Jennifer are in the e-mail. I am sure this e-mail has been around thousands of times by now, and what a shame. I doubt my reply, sent to all those who received it from my sender, will forward those comments with it. If you'd like to check out and learn more about the stamp, go here.
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