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Thread: I Don't Care!

  1. #1
    CBadDad
    The lady who wrote this letter is Pam Foster of Pamela Foster and
    Associates in Atlanta .
    She's been in business since 1980 doing interior design and home
    planning. She recently
    wrote a letter to a family member serving in Iraq ....... Read it!
    WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS? "Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we?
    Was
    it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our
    shores
    on September 11, 2001 ? Were people from all over the world, mostly
    Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan ,
    across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in a field in
    Pennsylvania ?
    Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible,
    burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?
    And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when
    an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet? Well, I don't.
    I don't care at all.
    I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for
    incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.
    I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start
    caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in
    Saudi Arabia .
    I'll care when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world he is sorry for
    hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling
    slashed throat.
    I'll care when the cowardly so-called insurgents" in Iraq come out and
    fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in
    mosques.
    I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of
    nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide
    bombs.
    I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First
    Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead
    of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.
    In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up
    an
    Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care.
    When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have
    been humiliated in what amounts to a college hazing incident, rest
    assured that I don't care.
    When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not
    to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank
    that I don't care.
    When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat,
    and fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is
    complaining that his holy book is being "mishandled," you can
    absolutely believe in your heart of hearts that I don't care.
    And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled "Koran"
    and
    other times "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and --- you guessed it - -
    - I don't care ! ! ! ! !
    If you agree with this view point, pass this on to all your e-mail
    friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for this
    ridiculous behavior! If you don't agree, then by all means hit the
    delete button.
    Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more
    atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great
    country.

  2. #2
    Jordy
    Hate to say it, because it's very well written and to the point, but:
    http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/foster.asp

  3. #3
    MagicMtnDan
    from Snopes:
    Origins: Although the article quoted above has come to be attributed to a Pam Foster, it is actually the work of Doug Patton, a freelance columnist and political speechwriter. The e-mail-circulated version leaves off his two opening paragraphs and adds a closing "I don't give a sheet either about those sheet heads!" statement that wasn't in his original, but it is otherwise a faithful copy of his article, which was first published on the gopusa.com web site on 6 June 2005 under the title "Ask Me if I Care About 'Mishandling' of Koran" and which has since been reproduced on a number of other web sites.
    Pamela Foster said this of how her name came to be associated with Doug Patton's article:
    Hey everyone,
    Just wanted to let those of you that haven't contact me that I forwarded the "I Don't Care" to my nephew serving in Baghdad after someone forwarded it to me. I don't remember who that was, nor did I think much about it until I received long distance phone calls and lots of e-mail. Everyone has been nice except for some whacko who thinks this government planned and executed 9/11. I responded that we would take up a fund for him and we would send him to any country to live that wasn’t here! In any case, someone else let me know last week that a columnist named Doug Patton (google him) wrote the article and I notifed him of the response and what had happened when I forwarded the e-mail. I still don’t know how it got on the "NET", but I am glad. Lots of people have sent me thank yous and some have said they would send to their government representatives and more than one has told me they sent it to the President! WOW! Had no clue what I was getting started. Anyway, God Bless everyone and the USA!

  4. #4
    CBadDad
    Hate to say it, because it's very well written and to the point, but:
    http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/foster.asp
    Nice catch.
    Still, it's worth reading, or better yet, copying and forwarding to your congressman. They need to read it.

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