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in response to reader comment: Dear Mr. Jeff

Submitted by Jeff (United States), Feb 14, 2012 at 13:24

My "Answer" … Does that mean that the Native-Americans are allowed to teach their children how President Andrew Jackson destroyed their inhabitants and uprooted them from their territories ?

Yes.

Are the Arabs from Iraq allowed to teach that it was the America-inspired sanctions that killed 100000 Iraqi babies from 1992-2003 period ?

Yes.

Are the Iranian-Americans allowed to taught their children that it was an American president who overthrew the most secular leader Mr. Mossadegh in 1953 thereby killing any chance of popular political participation in Iran till 1979 ?

Yes.

Regarding La Raza's demands , what is wrong that to let the Hispanics know that the states of Texas , California and Arizona were actually their original inhabitants till the Anglo-Saxons snatched it away from them in 1848 and Mr. Lincoln supported the war aims in general ?

We all learn about the Mexican American war in history class in school, we're all aware that that part of Mexico north of the Rio Grande River was ceded to the USA at the conclusion of the war. It's not a secret; anybody can talk about it and anybody can have an opinion.

My "Answer" : America has got the biggest share of prison populations per capita in the whole World. And the majority of the prisoners are actually non-Anglo Saxons i.e. African-Americans and Hispanics. So is this the country of freedom ?

I wonder why there are so many non-Anglo Saxon people rotting in prison in a country which is supposed to be the "land of the free" ?

I'm not sure what this has to do with immigration. Yes, we expect all citizens and guests to follow certain laws, don't kill other people, (that includes your own children, we don't follow Islamic law here) don't steal other folks' stuff, don't blow up crowded airliners, buildings, public places, etc. People don't exactly rot in American prisons; they're sent for a set amount of time, after which they're released. Many are released early for good behavior in prison. Prisons offer drug rehabilitation, vocational courses and college courses. Every prison has a library and a chapel. All prisoners have lawyers. One of your heroes, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, will soon be back in court, to argue against his sentence of life in prison for attempting to murder 289 people.

My "Answer" : Ohh so why Bradley Manning is behind the bars dear sir ? He was also researching the history of US involvement in Iraq and elsewhere and willing to share his knowledge with the rest of the America and World. So why is he behind the bars ?

Bradley Manning is behind bars because he stole secret documents and released them. It's called treason. Are you really saying that, in India, if a soldier breaks his oath, steals and releases secret government documents, the Indian government thinks that's just OK? Really?

My "Answer" : I guess you feel proud for the pilgrims and the group ld by John Winthorp.

??? What does this have to do with my Indian neighbors?

Now please tell me what law did they follow when they landed in what is now America and displaced the sons of the soil i.e. the native Americans?

I know this may come as a shock to you, Debanjan, but the American Indians, whose tribes were busy warring upon and killing each other when those horrible Pilgrims arrived, actually did not have immigration laws in place in 1620. (Or maybe it was budget cuts that forced the Indians to happen to have just closed their Department of Immigration and their Border Patrol, and the Pilgrims were just lucky.)

I wonder your views on illegal immigrants do not include the pilgrims and the Puritans. I guess I know the reason. You consider them as special if not exceptional since they were from Anglo-Saxon background right ?

Wrong.

Regarding access to any history book in your country , are you allowed to read Howard Zinn or Noam Chomsky or Gilad Atzmon ?

Yes, yes and yes.

I guess you probably have never come across the work these people have done. Then you probably would not have said anything like this.

Wrong yet again. Books by all three authors are available at my local bookstores, at my local free library, and at Amazon.com. To listen to you, one would think Noam Chomsky is rotting in a secret prison. In fact, he is a multi-millionaire who lives in a very comfortable home outside of Boston and is a full professor at MIT, where he has lectured for over 50 years. Your questions (which you call answers) demonstrate a stunning ignorance of the country about which you claim to know so much. Relative to you, I would sound intelligent and informed if I asked you if there have ever been Bengal tigers in India.

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A Unified Israel is a Strong Israel - United State of Israel [287 words]YJ DraimanAug 13, 2015 18:33224686
The Law of Return is for The Jews, the option to return to Greater Israel [188 words]YJ DraimanJul 13, 2015 16:48224182
1The biggest Fallacy [90 words]saraFeb 14, 2012 18:55193375
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3Here's A Right To Return For Arabs/Muslims [19 words]Clifford IshiiJan 22, 2012 19:10192740
3Isn't this just the indigenous population returning? [70 words]BJJan 20, 2012 22:55192717
3Ah, yes- the 'Why Can't we all just Get Along' concept [144 words]saraJan 23, 2012 20:19192717
And what of the Israeli refugees? [56 words]stanley bJan 20, 2012 16:27192708
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Yes, peaceful settlers [130 words]stanley bJan 23, 2012 20:06192708
1Palestinian Arabs, Aliyah--and Anusim [590 words]Martin H. KatchenJan 19, 2012 18:24192699
1The True Jews must and will return before it's all over [304 words]DEBORAH THE JUDGEFeb 2, 2012 10:04192699
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1What about Settlers? [68 words]saraJan 20, 2012 16:41192690
answer to Sara [39 words]BenJan 23, 2012 07:22192690
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9Absurd [75 words]Matt Wordigan - LiverpoolJan 18, 2012 11:55192673
5Tit for tat must be the game [212 words]NuritGJan 18, 2012 00:49192664
3Good news, but not enough [51 words]steveJan 17, 2012 19:30192660
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Why the Right to Return is Not Exclusive [403 words]M. ToveyJan 17, 2012 16:48192656
Dear Mr. Tovey [104 words]Debanjan BanerjeeJan 29, 2012 21:54192656
1Poor Comparison [554 words]M. ToveyJan 30, 2012 19:26192656
6Debanjan Banerjee on 'pedagogy of the oppressed' [135 words]PrashantJan 31, 2012 02:33192656
To Mr. Banerjee [108 words]JeffJan 31, 2012 13:26192656
Dear Mr, Jeff [295 words]Debanjan BanerjeeFeb 1, 2012 22:36192656
3What happened to your claim of banned books? [448 words]JeffFeb 2, 2012 20:46192656
Dear Mr. Jeff [661 words]Debanjan BanerjeeFeb 3, 2012 21:56192656
7'Debanjee, a source of double standards per excellent [1116 words]Peter HallFeb 5, 2012 20:51192656
1Debanjan is not a true representative of Indian people [169 words]PrashantFeb 5, 2012 21:59192656
3Ignorance is bliss; Debanjan's a happy man. [372 words]JeffFeb 12, 2012 13:09192656
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5Debanjan, greetings from the real world [808 words]JeffFeb 14, 2012 13:24192656
5Debanjan will never understand what freedom of speech is and how America practices it [141 words]PrashantFeb 15, 2012 01:07192656
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2No Two States [82 words]M ToveyJul 16, 2015 11:34192656
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The law of the land [155 words]Rebecca MouldsJan 17, 2012 12:12192649
Slip through is one thing [130 words]sandraJan 18, 2012 17:01192649
It's a scary thought [60 words]Rebecca MouldsJan 18, 2012 19:52192649
Too Ironic, isn't it? [132 words]sandraJan 19, 2012 17:01192649
Ending the Palestinian "Right of Return" [65 words]Balarabe AbbaJan 17, 2012 12:03192648
1Arab emigration from Israel to other countries should be encouraged. [47 words]Robby FeinsteinJan 18, 2012 01:42192648
3A nice dream, not a reality [154 words]saraJan 21, 2012 16:46192648
4Arab emigration [45 words]RexJan 22, 2012 14:21192648
7What do the Arab world have such double standards? [144 words]Peter HallJan 23, 2012 19:42192648
Dear Mr. Rex [50 words]Debanjan BanerjeeJan 29, 2012 21:51192648
12no discrimination [315 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanJan 31, 2012 00:38192648
2No Comparison Between America and the 'Palestinian' Situation [297 words]M. ToveyJan 31, 2012 15:42192648
2Dear Debanjanjee Banerjee [15 words]RexJan 31, 2012 20:42192648

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