JAMarine
06-17-04, 04:32 PM
I'm not sure if some of you have seen this but I had not until today. I thought I'd share. I love some peoples quick wit.
STORY:
You may know, one of my sons serves in the military. He is still
stateside, here in California. He called me yesterday to let me
know how warm and welcoming people were to him, and his troops,
everywhere he goes, telling me how people shake their hands, and
thank them for being willing to serve, and fight, for not only our
own freedoms but so that others may have them also.
But he also told me about an incident in the grocery store he
stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that
ahead of several people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a
burkha. He said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked
about the US flag lapel pin the cashier wore on her smock.
The cashier reached up and touched the pin, and said proudly, "yes,
I always wear it and I probably always will."
The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when she was going
to stop bombing her countrymen, explaining that she was Iraqi. A
gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm
around my son's shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a
calm and gentle voice to the Iraqi woman: "Lady, hundreds of
thousands of men and women like this young man have fought and died
so that YOU could stand here, in MY country and accuse a check-out
cashier of bombing YOUR countrymen. It is my belief that had you
been this outspoken in YOUR own country, we wouldn't need to be
there today. But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so
loudly and clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket and pay your way
back to Iraq so you can straighten out the mess in YOUR country
that you are obviously here in MY country to avoid."
Everyone within hearing distance cheered.
STORY:
You may know, one of my sons serves in the military. He is still
stateside, here in California. He called me yesterday to let me
know how warm and welcoming people were to him, and his troops,
everywhere he goes, telling me how people shake their hands, and
thank them for being willing to serve, and fight, for not only our
own freedoms but so that others may have them also.
But he also told me about an incident in the grocery store he
stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that
ahead of several people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a
burkha. He said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked
about the US flag lapel pin the cashier wore on her smock.
The cashier reached up and touched the pin, and said proudly, "yes,
I always wear it and I probably always will."
The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when she was going
to stop bombing her countrymen, explaining that she was Iraqi. A
gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm
around my son's shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a
calm and gentle voice to the Iraqi woman: "Lady, hundreds of
thousands of men and women like this young man have fought and died
so that YOU could stand here, in MY country and accuse a check-out
cashier of bombing YOUR countrymen. It is my belief that had you
been this outspoken in YOUR own country, we wouldn't need to be
there today. But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so
loudly and clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket and pay your way
back to Iraq so you can straighten out the mess in YOUR country
that you are obviously here in MY country to avoid."
Everyone within hearing distance cheered.