> Behalf Of Charlie Bell
> > > Behalf Of Charlie Bell
> > > No, you can't have the telephone, that was a scot...
> > >
> > > Charlie
> >
> > Bullshit. I am deeply and profoundly offended by that statement.
By
> > _that_ standard I'm an Indian, and I assure you that I'm not. I'm
> > every bit as American as Dan, John, or Andrea.
>
> Unnecessary use of profanity.
>
> I wonder if you'd explode if I actually said something offensive?
>
> So, Gautam, not knowing your history, were you born in the States,
or not?
> If not, when did you move to the states?
>
> Charlie
There is nothing, quite literally nothing, that you could say that
would _approach_ the level of offensiveness of the implication that
immigrants aren't real Americans. If you think so, then that's the
symptom of a profound misunderstanding of what it means to be an
American, or just simple racism. I was born in the United States. My
parents were immigrants - and I am what they are, of course. My
mother would slap you if you told her that she wasn't a real American,
or that the papers she's published weren't a product of American
science.
********************Gautam "Ulysses" Mukunda**********************
* Harvard College Class of '01 *He either fears his fate too much*
* www.fas.harvard.edu/~mukunda * Or his deserts are small, *
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Who dares not put it to the touch*
* "Freedom is not Free" * To win or lose it all. *
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