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04-09-2003, 10:55 PM
Someone might have already posted it. I don't have time to scan all the posts, so sorry if it's a repeat. And I don't have time to format it properly either:
Subject: A LESSON TO MY SON
by A PROUD AMERICAN
Irma Chambers
The other day, my 9 year old son wanted to know why we were at war.
My
husband looked at our son and then looked at me. My husband and I
were in
the Army during the Gulf War and we would be honored to serve and
defend our
country again today. I knew that my husband would give him a good
explanation. My husband thought for a few minutes and then told my
son to go
stand in our front living room window. He told him:
"Son, stand there and tell me what you see?" He answered "I see trees
and
cars and our neighbors houses."
"OK, now I want you to pretend that our house and our yard is the
United
States of America and you are President Bush. I want you to look out
the
window and pretend that every house and yard on this block is a
different
country. Pretend you see that man come out of his house with his wife
and he
has her by the hair and is hitting her. You see her bleeding and
crying. He
hits her in the face, he throws her on the ground, then he starts to
kick
her to death. Their children run out and are afraid to stop him, they
are
crying, they are watching this but do nothing because they are kids
and
afraid of their father. You see all of this son, what do you do, son?"
"I call the police, Dad."
"OK. Pretend that the police are the United Nations and they take
your call,
listen to what you know and saw but they refuse to help. What do you
do then
son?!"
"Dad, but the police are supposed to help!" My son starts to whine.
"They don't want to son, because they say that it is not their place
or your
place to get involved and that you should stay out of it."
"But Dad, he killed her!!" my son exclaims.
"I know he did but the police tell you to stay out of it. Now I want
you to
look out that window and pretend you see our neighbor who you're
pretending
is Saddam turn around and do the same thing to his children. What do
you
do?"
"Well, if the police don't want to help, I will go and ask my next
door
neighbor to help me stop him." our son says.
"Son, our next door neighbor sees what is happening and refuses to get
involved as well. He refuses to open the door and help you stop him."
"But Dad, I NEED help!!! I can't stop him by myself!!"
"WHAT DO YOU DO SON?"
Our son starts to cry.
"OK, no one wants to help you, the man across the street saw you ask
for
help and saw that no one would help you stop him. He stands taller
and puffs
out his chest. Guess what he does next son? He walks across the
street to
the old ladies house and breaks down her door and drags her out,
steals all
her stuff and sets her house on fire and then he kills her. He turns
around
and sees you standing in the window and laughs at you. WHAT DO YOU
DO?!!!"
Our son is crying and he looks down and he whispers, "I close the
blinds,
Daddy."
My husband looks at our son with tears in his eyes and asks him "Why?"
"Because Daddy the police are supposed to help people who needs it,
and they
won't help. You always say that neighbors are supposed to HELP
neighbors,
but they won't help either, they won't help me stop him. I'm afraid I
can't
do it by myself. Daddy I can't look out my window and just watch him
do all
these terrible things and do nothing, so I'm just going to close the
blinds
so I can't see what he's doing, and I'm going to pretend that it is
not
happening."
I start to cry. My husband looks at our 9 year old son standing in the
window, looking pitiful and ashamed at his answers to my husbands
questions
and he tells him "Son, Open the blinds because that man is at your
front
door. WHAT DO YOU DO?!"
My son looks at his father, anger and defiance in his eyes. He balls
up this
tiny fists and looks his father square in the eyes, without
hesitation he
says: "I DEFEND MY FAMILY DAD!! I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM HURT MOMMY OR MY
SISTER, DAD!!! I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM, DAD, I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM!!!!!"
I see a tear roll down my husband's cheek and he grabs my son to his
chest
and hugs him tight, and cries "It's too late to fight him, he's too
strong
and he's already at YOUR front door son, you should have stopped him
BEFORE
he killed his wife. You have to do what's right, even if you have to
do it
alone, before it's too late." my husband whispers.
THAT scenario I just gave you is WHY we are at war with Iraq. When
good men
stand by and let evil happen is the greatest EVIL of all. Our
President is
doing what is right. We, as a free nation, must understand that this
war is
a war of humanity. WE must remove this evil man from power so that we
can
continue to live in a free world where we are not afraid to look out
our
window and see crimes on humanity. So that my 9 year old son won't
grow up
in a world where he feels that if he just "closes" that blinds the
atrocities in the world won't affect him.
"YOU MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT! EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO DO
IT
ALONE!" BE PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! BE PROUD OF OUR PRESIDENT! BE
PROUD OF
OUR TROOPS!! SUPPORT THEM!!! SUPPORT AMERICA!! SO THAT IN THE FUTURE
OUR
CHILDREN WILL NEVER HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR BLINDS"
We Will Fight For The Right To Live In Freedom
Subject: A LESSON TO MY SON
by A PROUD AMERICAN
Irma Chambers
The other day, my 9 year old son wanted to know why we were at war.
My
husband looked at our son and then looked at me. My husband and I
were in
the Army during the Gulf War and we would be honored to serve and
defend our
country again today. I knew that my husband would give him a good
explanation. My husband thought for a few minutes and then told my
son to go
stand in our front living room window. He told him:
"Son, stand there and tell me what you see?" He answered "I see trees
and
cars and our neighbors houses."
"OK, now I want you to pretend that our house and our yard is the
United
States of America and you are President Bush. I want you to look out
the
window and pretend that every house and yard on this block is a
different
country. Pretend you see that man come out of his house with his wife
and he
has her by the hair and is hitting her. You see her bleeding and
crying. He
hits her in the face, he throws her on the ground, then he starts to
kick
her to death. Their children run out and are afraid to stop him, they
are
crying, they are watching this but do nothing because they are kids
and
afraid of their father. You see all of this son, what do you do, son?"
"I call the police, Dad."
"OK. Pretend that the police are the United Nations and they take
your call,
listen to what you know and saw but they refuse to help. What do you
do then
son?!"
"Dad, but the police are supposed to help!" My son starts to whine.
"They don't want to son, because they say that it is not their place
or your
place to get involved and that you should stay out of it."
"But Dad, he killed her!!" my son exclaims.
"I know he did but the police tell you to stay out of it. Now I want
you to
look out that window and pretend you see our neighbor who you're
pretending
is Saddam turn around and do the same thing to his children. What do
you
do?"
"Well, if the police don't want to help, I will go and ask my next
door
neighbor to help me stop him." our son says.
"Son, our next door neighbor sees what is happening and refuses to get
involved as well. He refuses to open the door and help you stop him."
"But Dad, I NEED help!!! I can't stop him by myself!!"
"WHAT DO YOU DO SON?"
Our son starts to cry.
"OK, no one wants to help you, the man across the street saw you ask
for
help and saw that no one would help you stop him. He stands taller
and puffs
out his chest. Guess what he does next son? He walks across the
street to
the old ladies house and breaks down her door and drags her out,
steals all
her stuff and sets her house on fire and then he kills her. He turns
around
and sees you standing in the window and laughs at you. WHAT DO YOU
DO?!!!"
Our son is crying and he looks down and he whispers, "I close the
blinds,
Daddy."
My husband looks at our son with tears in his eyes and asks him "Why?"
"Because Daddy the police are supposed to help people who needs it,
and they
won't help. You always say that neighbors are supposed to HELP
neighbors,
but they won't help either, they won't help me stop him. I'm afraid I
can't
do it by myself. Daddy I can't look out my window and just watch him
do all
these terrible things and do nothing, so I'm just going to close the
blinds
so I can't see what he's doing, and I'm going to pretend that it is
not
happening."
I start to cry. My husband looks at our 9 year old son standing in the
window, looking pitiful and ashamed at his answers to my husbands
questions
and he tells him "Son, Open the blinds because that man is at your
front
door. WHAT DO YOU DO?!"
My son looks at his father, anger and defiance in his eyes. He balls
up this
tiny fists and looks his father square in the eyes, without
hesitation he
says: "I DEFEND MY FAMILY DAD!! I'M NOT GONNA LET HIM HURT MOMMY OR MY
SISTER, DAD!!! I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM, DAD, I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM!!!!!"
I see a tear roll down my husband's cheek and he grabs my son to his
chest
and hugs him tight, and cries "It's too late to fight him, he's too
strong
and he's already at YOUR front door son, you should have stopped him
BEFORE
he killed his wife. You have to do what's right, even if you have to
do it
alone, before it's too late." my husband whispers.
THAT scenario I just gave you is WHY we are at war with Iraq. When
good men
stand by and let evil happen is the greatest EVIL of all. Our
President is
doing what is right. We, as a free nation, must understand that this
war is
a war of humanity. WE must remove this evil man from power so that we
can
continue to live in a free world where we are not afraid to look out
our
window and see crimes on humanity. So that my 9 year old son won't
grow up
in a world where he feels that if he just "closes" that blinds the
atrocities in the world won't affect him.
"YOU MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT! EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO DO
IT
ALONE!" BE PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! BE PROUD OF OUR PRESIDENT! BE
PROUD OF
OUR TROOPS!! SUPPORT THEM!!! SUPPORT AMERICA!! SO THAT IN THE FUTURE
OUR
CHILDREN WILL NEVER HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR BLINDS"
We Will Fight For The Right To Live In Freedom