> Hit the nail on the head !
> An incident occurred in a supermarket recently, when the
> following was witnessed:
> A Muslim woman dressed in a Burkha (A black gown & face
> mask) was standing with her shopping in a queue at the
> checkout. When it was her turn to be served, and as she
> reached the cashier, she made a loud remark about the
> English Flag lapel pin, which the female cashier was wearing
> on her blouse.
> The cashier reached up and touched the pin and said,
> 'Yes, I always wear it proudly. My son serves abroad
> with the forces and I wear it for him'.
> The Muslim woman then asked the cashier when she was going
> to stop bombing and killing her countrymen, explaining that
> she was Iraqi.
> At that point, a Gentleman standing in the queue stepped
> forward, and interrupted with a calm and gentle voice, and
> said to the Iraqi woman: 'Excuse me, but hundreds of
> thousands of men and women, just like this lady's son
> have fought and sacrificed their lives so that people just
> like YOU can stand here, in England, which is MY country and
> allow you to blatantly accuse an innocent check-out cashier
> of bombing YOUR countrymen'. 'It is my belief that
> if you were allowed to be as outspoken as that in Iraq,
> which you claim to be YOUR country, then we wouldn't
> need to be fighting there today'. 'However - now
> that you have learned how to speak out and criticise the
> English people who have afforded you the protection of MY
> country, I will gladly pay the cost of a ticket to help you
> pay your way back to Iraq'. 'When you get there, and
> if you manage to survive for being as outspoken as what you
> are here in England, then you should be able to help
> straighten out the mess which YOUR Iraqi countrymen have got
> you into in the first place, which appears to be the reason
> that you have come to MY country to avoid...'
>
> Apparently the queue cheered and applauded.
Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:22 am