[Zope] Kind words from a neighbor

[Garry Steedman]

Rich,

the document you forwarded to this list has, to my mind, 2 possible 
interpretations:

1. the ignorant & misguided rantings of a fool
2. the mendacious, malicious and slanderous rantings of a lunatic

people should feel shocked by what has happened in NYC, but please 
don't confound sympathy with xenophobia: they're not the same thing.

cheers,

Garry

On 13 Sep 2001, at 8:17, Rich Pezzullo wrote:

From:           	Rich Pezzullo <Rich@netcentricnj.com>
To:             	"zope@zope.org" <zope@zope.org>
Subject:        	[Zope] Kind words from a neighbor
Date sent:      	Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:17:57 -0400

> Dear ,
> 
> I don't usually pass along stuff that's forwarded to me, but  this,
> from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> America: The Good Neighbor.
> 
> Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a
> remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a
> Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his
> trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:
> 
> "This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the
> most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the
> earth. 
> 
> Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted
> out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of
> dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries
> is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United
> States.
> 
> When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans
> who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on
> the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
> 
> When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that
> hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were
> flattened by tornadoes.    Nobody helped.
> 
> The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars 
> into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are
> writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans.
> 
> I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the
> erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any
> other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet,
> the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly
> them?
> 
> Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American Planes?
> 
> Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman
> on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios.
> You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles.
> 
> You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon -!
> not once, but several times - and safely home again.
> 
> You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the
> store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are
> not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of
> them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American
> dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.
> 
> When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down
> through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the
> Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody
> loaned them an old caboose.  Both are still broke.
> 
> I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of
> other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone
> else raced of the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was
> outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.
> 
> Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned
> tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this
> thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to
> thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present
> troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those."
> 
> Stand proud, America!
> 
> This is one of the best editorials that I have ever read regarding the
> United States. It is nice that one man realizes it. I only wish that
> the rest of the world would realize it. We are always blamed for
> everything and never even get a thank you for the things we do.
> 
> I would hope that each of you would send this to as many people as you
> can and emphasize that they should send it to as many of their friends
> until this letter is sent to every person on the web. I am just a
> single Amerian that has read this.
> 
> I SURE HOPE THAT A LOT MORE READ IT SOON.
> 
> 
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