Get this ignorant email yet? How do I respond?

[Maraya1969]

I can't stand the stupidity of people anymore. This is the latest email that is circulating and ended up in my box. I'll post the response I have so far next.

HISTORY TEST


Please pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following multiple choice test. The events are actual cuts from past history. They actually happened ! ! !


Do you remember?


1. In 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by:

a. Superman

b. Jay Leno

c. Harry Potter

d. a Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40


2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred
by:

a. Olga Corbett

b. Sitting Bull

c. Arnold Schwarzenegger

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:

a. Lost Norwegians

b. Elvis

c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


4. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon
by:

a. John Dillinger

b. The King of Sweden

c. The Boy Scouts

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:

a. A pizza delivery boy

b. Pee Wee Herman

c. Geraldo Rivera

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old, American passenger in a wheelchair was murdered and thrown overboard by:

a. The Smurfs

b. Davy Jones

c. The Little Mermaid

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:

a. Captain Kidd

b. Charles Lindberg

c. Mother Teresa

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103, over Lockerbie, Scotland, was bombed
by:

a. Scooby Doo

b. The Tooth Fairy

c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:

a. Richard Simmons

b. Grandma Moses

c. Michael Jordan

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:

a. Mr. Rogers

b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill' s women problems

c. The World Wrestling Federation

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


11. On 09/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers.
Thousands of people were killed by:

a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd

b. The Supreme Court of Florida

c. Mr. Bean

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


12. In 2002, the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:

a. Enron

b. The Lutheran Church

c. The NFL

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


13. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:

a. Bonnie and Clyde

b. Captain Kangaroo

c. Billy Graham

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40


14. In 2003, the War in Iraq began in order to bring about democracy in the Middle East and as of this date (01/27/05) 1,461 Americans, among numerous other coalition forces and support personnel, have lost their lives at the hands
of:

a. Bubba

b. Teresa Heinz Kerry

c. Shrek

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.


15. In 2004, as well as in years gone by, numerous individuals from around the world have lost their lives due to beheadings and other atrosities by:

a. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

b. The NBA

c. The Red Cross

d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40




Nooo, - - I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you?


So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics
intent on killing us, US airport security screeners will no longer be
allowed to
profile certain people. They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old
women,
little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret agents who
are
members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with
metal
hips, and Medal of Honor recipient, former Governor Joe Foss, but leave
Muslim
males between the ages 17 and 40 alone lest the screeners be guilty of
profiling.


Let's send this to as many people as we can in order that the Gloria
Allreds, other dunder-headed attorneys and federal justices, along with all
the
other bleeding hearts at the ACLU, who continuously thumb their noses at the
rest of us as they thwart America's security, might feel doubly ashamed of
themselves -- if they have any such sense.


As the writer of the award winning story "Forrest Gump" so aptly put
it,
"Stupid is as stupid does."


Come on people wake up!!!


Keep this going and pass it on to everyone in your address book.


Our country and our troops need our support!

[Maraya1969]

1. Here is my reply so far

Here we go again with another bunch of racist statements trying to justify our killing over 100,000 innocent Iraqi citizens and to denigrate Muslims. Does ANYONE have a brain? Does anyone have a HEART?

Any might I remind everyone that Iraq was not full of Muslim extremists and did NOT attack the world trade center. Saddam Hussein was a dictator who was NOT religious so he was not into Jihads. He kept a tight reign on the citizens of his country so how would a group of terrorists even be allowed to organize there? The 9/11 commission has already determined that Iraq was not involved in the attacks on 9/11. 15 of the 17 attackers were from Saudi Arabia. Why can’t people get that through their heads?


Here’s another test:

Who killed John F. Kennedy?

Lee Harvey Oswald, a white guy from Louisiana, (although some believe otherwise – but he was NOT a Muslim)

Who killed Martin Luther King?

James Earl Ray, a white guy from the United States, (although the King family and many others believe it was a conspiracy set up by the US government)


Who bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building?

Timothy McVeigh – a white guy from Pendleton, New York

Who was also convicted in the conspiracy?

Terry Nichols – another white guy from the US

What group contains the largest group of serial killers?

White male Americans


Who bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki and killed 140,000 Japanese citizens?

The United States of America

Who said, “Whosoever is without sin, pick up a stone and throw it”?

Jesus

[BrklynLiberal]

3. EXCELLENT response. I would do a "reply all" to the one who sent me

that first note.

On EDit; Who bombed Dresden and killed innocent European civilians?

[Maraya1969]

8. Thank you - I not only "replied to all" I went through each and every

previous "Forward" and copied the names and pasted them on the "Send list" So I have them all together now. I'll send something else to these dig bats if someone tells me what to say.


:grr:

[Oreo]

19. Bravo!

:yourock:

[Kota]

5. Good reply.

[Oreo]

6. You forgot Poland... I mean Hitler!

You HAVE to add Reagan's would-be assassin John Hinckley. That's get their attention (no it won't... they're all brain dead)

[Inland]

9. Nice.

[bunny planet]

13. Very good. If I get this heinous email, mind if I borrow your

response? So far, I've seen no sign of it, any idea of what mental midget thought it up, could be anyone I suppose.

[Maraya1969]

18. Sure - just add the ones on this thread that I forgot

I should have waited to send it but I was so mad I just clicked "SEND" I could always include the other ones people have mentioned in another mass "SEND"



..........waiting for the hate mail

[Guaranteed]

15. Don't stop there.

Don't forget Hitler, Stalin, John Wilkes Booth, the KKK, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, etc.

And the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition.

[Minimus]

20. My reply with the help of Duers in January

After you finish taking that test, continue with your history education by answering these Fill-in-the-Blank Questions:

1.The Oklahoma City building was bombed by a_______________
2.The 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta were bombed by a ______________
3.The Unabomber was a _________________
4.All evidence points to the anthrax-mailer being a _________________
5.Ronald Reagan was shot by a ______________________
6.John F. Kennedy was assassinated by a ______________
7.Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated by a ____________
8.John Lennon was assassinated by a ___________________
9.The Israeli spy uncovered at the Pentagon was a _________________
10.The traitor who outed the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame was under orders from a ___________
11.Over 900 people committed suicide under order of Jim Jones, a ______________

Extra Credit:

Based on the answers to the above questions, this country is full of hatred from the __________________, therefore it is conceivable for terrorist groups to recruit a _____________________ to commit terror attacks. Especially since they can just breeze through security. For example, John Walker a __________________ was a member of the Taliban.


Answer to all of the above: White American Male


You may also want to consider what the President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, had to say on the matters of Racial Profiling:

"I can't imagine what it would be like to be singled out because of race and stopped and harassed. That's just flat wrong, and that's not what America is all about. And so we ought to do everything we can to end racial profiling. One of my concerns, though, is I don't want to federalize the local police forces. I want to -- obviously in the egregious cases we need to enforce civil rights law, but we need to make sure that internal affairs decisions at the local level do their job and be given a chance to do their job. I believe in local control of governments, and obviously if they don't there needs to be a consequence at the federal level. But it's very important that we not overstep our bounds and I think most people -- most police officers are good, dedicated, honorable citizens who are doing their job, putting their lives at risk who aren't bigoted or aren't prejudiced. I don't think they ought to be held guilty. But I do think we need to find out where racial profiling occurs and do something about it and say to the local folks, get it done. And if you can't, there will be a federal consequence.
...Arab-Americans are racially profiled in what is called secret evidence. People are stopped, and we have to do something about that. My friend, Senator Spencer Abraham of Michigan, is pushing a law to make sure that Arab-Americans are treated with respect. So racial profiling isn't just an issue at local police forces. It's an issue throughout our society. And as we become a diverse society, we're going to have to deal with it more and more. I believe, though -- I believe, as sure as I'm sitting here, that most Americans really care. They're tolerant people. They're good, tolerant people. It's the very few that create most of the crises, and we just have to find them and deal with them."


So as the original email stated: Pass this on to everyone in your address book. We do not want our friends, family and our American society to “ feel doubly ashamed of themselves - if they have any such sense” Because nothing is more shameful and senseless than the ignorance of bigotry. Our Country and our troops need our help and support.

[LiberalVoice]

2. reply with 20 random terrorist acts by ...

the american govt against people of arab decent.

[Maraya1969]

4. Can you be more specific?

[Oreo]

14. no... keep it to what they know

Hitler
John Hinckley
maybe even Mark Chapman... (do righties like the Beatles? I just can't equate the 2 things together)

[LiberalVoice]

16. yeah you're probably right

dont want to confuse them into a coma.

Gumby provided a good link to some info further down the page.

[kaitykaity]

7. Talk about the 1953 CIA-backed coup

that installed the Shah of Iran. We did that.
http://www.iranchamber.com/history/coup53/coup53p1.php

Our oil, their sand, all of that.

[BrklynLiberal]

12. and all the CIA backed-coups in South America where we backed

right-wing, militaristic torturing governments that "disappeared" their citizens.
and don't forget about
NEGROPONTE to be specific. (Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador)

[indianablue]

10. Abortion Clinic bombings and Doctor Assassinations.

Church Bombings in the south.

Lynchings

White guys.

How many people have been killed by the Christian Religion ? Primarily through white males running Europe.

[gumby]

11. FYI

" are perhaps not so much immoral as they are amoral. It's not that they take pleasure in causing so much death and suffering. It's that they just don't care ... the same that could be said about a sociopath. As long as the death and suffering advance the agenda of the empire, as long as the right people and the right corporations gain wealth and power and privilege and prestige, as long as the death and suffering aren't happening to them or people close to them ... then they just don't care about it happening to other people, including the American soldiers whom they throw into wars and who come home-the ones who make it back alive-with Agent Orange or Gulf War Syndrome eating away at their bodies. American leaders would not be in the positions they hold if they were bothered by such things."
William Blum. Killing Hope

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/KillingHope_page.html

This is a good, but very sad site to read.

[Name removed]

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[anitar1]

21. I Have Received So Much Crap In The Last Year

I have a vision of litlle od xtian ladies forwarding this stuff all day long. I have managed to stop most of it. Doesn't stir much anger in me anymore. Only ignorant fools would be taken in by this junk.Just makes me feel more contempt for the "anointed ones".

[Maraya1969]

22. I believe that we have to write back and correct them even

if only a couple people get the message. The "Forwarders" are only a small group of people but they are sent to their entire mailing list. Maybe some on the list will listen. Maybe the "forwarders" will feel like idiots. I hope so.

[smoogatz]

23. Who killed...

6,000,000 Jews from 1938-1945?

White Christians of European descent.

20,000,000 Russians from 1941-1945?

White Christians of European descent.

12,000,000 Native Americans from 1492-1900?

White Christians of European descent.

4,000,000 Southeast Asians from 1956-1974?

White Christians of European descent.

I can keep going if you need more.