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Dissident, this is where you distort the truth. See what I mean about not being allowed to have a viewpoint that does not support the U.S. That is not allowed by misguided people who wrongly claim to be patriots, like that old fellow who abused a soldier for his rethoric.
They were trying to shut her up. She realized it was better for her to shut up. She was a weak woman, wheras everyone in line, and within hearing distance, cheered the older gentleman.
Now if they physically restrained her or threatened her with violence that would be really the top of it. Instead, they did it in a subtile, yet not misunderstandable way:"I'll gladly pay your way back to Iraq so you can straighten out the mess you are obviously here to avoid." Everyone in line, and within hearing distance, cheered the older gentleman, coming forward as they reached for their wallets.
If you Dissident can't see, that while the woman expressed her viewpoint, the other people made it clear, that of course she has a right to say what ever she wants to say, when she first enters a plane (at least they offered the ticket) and gets her butt out of the country.
Dissident, if you can't see that the woman in the afghan Burkha was blackmailed, there is no hope for you. But I won't even bother to pray for your soul. I don't belive that it's possible to petition the lord with prayers. Think about it. The woman expressed her viewpoint, the others blackmailed her to shut up.
And another thing. The soldier was neutral in this story. He was just used. He never said, which side he was on. Only self-rightours people had a loud talk.
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yago
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Blackmail = exert pressure on someone through threats .
Says my English dix.
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/...ican-usat_x.htm
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But if you're heading overseas, be prepared to have it. Again and again. If the past 100 years were widely considered the American Century, this new one is fast shaping up as the Anti-American Century.
Just ask tourist Colleen Frost, 33, who hopped into a cab recently on her first day in Berlin. An English-speaking driver demanded an explanation for what he called "America's megalomania."
"He wanted to know what I would think of my country if my brother or boyfriend was killed in a war," says Frost, a dental hygienist from Santa Fe. She says the ride was over before she could provide an answer for the disgruntled cabby.
How times have changed.
From Spanish plazas to Parisian metros, American tourists are being quizzed, grilled and even spat on by people who do not approve of the Bush administration's drive for a war against Saddam Hussein.
"I've spent 100 days a year for the past 30 years in Europe, and, generally, people always managed to differentiate a government's action from its citizens," says Rick Steves, a Seattle-based tour operator who specializes in Europe.
"But I have never seen this level of frustration in my lifetime. They just can't understand our push for war, especially the younger generation."
Steves says the current climate is in stark contrast to the "breathtaking" we-are-all-Americans sentiment that gripped Europe on Sept. 11, 2001. He is not discouraging his clients from traveling abroad now, and cancellations have been few. That said, his Web site features a flurry of concerned exchanges about overseas travel. Steves urges would-be tourists to pack the right attitude.
"Being defensive does no good. You have to keep things in perspective and listen," he says. "At its best, travel remains a vital force in promoting understanding."
But sometimes this antagonism filters down directly to the American tourist.
Laurel Scapicchio and her 13-year-old daughter were waiting for a train in the Paris metro a few weeks ago when their conversation was interrupted. Two men in their 20s overheard their American accents and shouted, "Pigs!"
"It brought us back to reality," says Scapicchio, 42, a freight forwarder from Saugus, Mass., who was on her first trip to the French capital. "It was a little spooky. But we shrugged it off. It wasn't personal. It was just because we were Americans."
"I am certain that a number of American visitors will be asked about the U.S. administration's policy on Iraq. But if indeed there have been some unpleasant encounters, I strongly believe that they are few and far between," says Patrick Goyet, vice chairman of the European Travel Commission in New York. "Furthermore, speaking as a European and for the vast majority of my fellow Europeans, I consider any such behavior idiotic and embarrassing."
Be ready for harsh words
In any country you're going to get people who do this," says Kelly, who was studying at the Madrid campus of Boston's Suffolk University.
However, fellow student Kate Perlis, 20, says the atmosphere was charged. "It seems that the only English a lot of people there know are the words, 'We hate Bush.' "
Joshua Eckblad, 28, an American high-tech manager living in Madrid, has had similar experiences. Daily he faces the comments of Spaniards who "feel free to say anything against America, who think Bush and his people know nothing about the world."
His sister, Vanina, 27, an architect living in Paris, has fared no better. She says that the other day a man on the street "told me to go back to where I came from."
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His sister, Vanina, 27, an architect living in Paris, has fared no better. She says that the other day a man on the street "told me to go back to where I came from."
I hope this Vanina knows her place and keeps her mouth shut.
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Uncle Sparky
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Jan 1970
time: 23:27
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 This is a Parody
To be a parody, it has to send up or satirize an existent piece of work. This is a satire :
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As most of you know, one of my son's serves in the military. He is in Iraq, liberating the people of Baghdad. 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 several people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a string bikini. He said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked about the Iraqi flag lapel pin she (the cashier) wore on her uniform. The cashier reached up and touched the pin, and said yes, I always wear it. The woman in the bikini then asked the cashier when she was going to stop terrorizing her countrymen.. explaining that she is American and an off duty member of the liberating forces. A gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm around the cashiers shoulder, and nodding towards my son, said in a calm and gentle voice to the American woman: "Lady, hundreds of thousands of men and women like this young man and you have fought and died so that you could stand here, in MY country and accuse a check-out cashier of terrorizing 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 pay your way back to the USA so you can straighten out the mess your freedom loving government has created."
Everyone in line, and within hearing distance, cheered the older gentleman, coming forward as they reached for their wallets.. the woman in the bikini left the store in silence.
It warmed my heart to know to that my son went back to his commanding officer and told him what happened. His division, after giving the store patrons fair warning to disperse, leveled the store, sadly killing one or two insurgents in the process.
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I think its an improvement on the original. This is a Parody
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04-05-2003 23:20
) It could obviously be mistaken. 
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