November 16, 2004

  • Terrorism, Or “Are You Afraid?”

    Most of my relatives live in the United States. Most of them live in California, to be specific. In fact, most of them have lived nearly all their lives in California.

    So when Michael Moore says that Americans know nothing about other countries, he could be right. . . . except that most of what comes out of Michael Moore’s mouth seems to be opinions of someone who really hasn’t lived outside of the United States. So he speaks for himself.

    I am so glad that I live in the United States. I am even prouder that I was brought up in small towns with people who cared about me and taught me what has been done to help me survive in this world. It was their wonderful guidance that helped me become someone who helps others survive in this world.

    My parents just came back from visiting relatives in Thailand, where bombings of restaurants and police stations are a regular occurrance thanks to local Islamic terrorists who threaten to remove all Buddhists from that region of the country (either by killing them or scaring them away — obviously they’re not trying to convert anyone).

    It’s coming to the point that my aunts are thinking of leaving that part of the country.

    I don’t hate Michael Moore. I do think that he’s a very intelligent capitalist who took advantage of over 50 million Americans (that’s a lot of royalties). And even though I think his choice in movie-material is repugnant, it never crossed my mind to shoot him to death. In the Netherlands, if you make a movie that Muslims disagree with, you just might be stabbed and shot to death (and in a country that strictly regulates personal handguns. . . imagine that).

    And again, I have to say, that I am so happy to be living in the United States because, unlike my relatives in Thailand (and California), I refuse to be pushed around.

    I am proud to be an infidel.

    ‘Don’t like it? So sue me! Because in America, we don’t bomb trains to get our way. . . . we litigate.