Re: Don't Close Your Blinds

In article <12glb34khu50b5e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
William Boyd <williamboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Don't Close Your Blinds

The other day, my nine year old son wanted to know why we were
at war..My husband looked at our son and then looked at me. My
husband and I were in the Army during the Gulf War and we would be
honored to serve and defend our Country again today. I knew that my
husband would give him a good explanation. My husband thought for a
few minutes and then told my son to go stand in our front living room
window.

He said "Son, stand there and tell me what you see?"

"I see trees and cars and our neighbor's houses." he replied.

"OK, now I want you to pretend that our house and our yard is
the United States of America and you are President Bush."
Our son giggled and said "OK."
"Now son, I want our to look out the window and pretend that
every house and yard on this block is a different country" my
husband said.

"OK Dad, I'm pretending."

"Now I want you to stand there and look out the window and
pretend you see Saddam come out of his house with his wife,
he has her by the hair and is hitting her. You see her bleeding and
crying. He hits her in the face, he throws her on the ground, then he
starts to kick her to death. Their children run out and are afraid to
stop him, they are screaming and crying,
they are watching this but do nothing because they are kids
and they are afraid of their father. You see all of this, son.... what
do you do?"

"Dad?"
" What do you do son?"

"I'd call the police, Dad."

"OK. Pretend that the police are the United Nations. They take
your call. They listen to what you know and saw but they refuse to
help. What do you do then son?"

"Dad.......... but the police are supposed to help!" My son
starts to whine.

"They don't want to son, because they say that it is not their
place or your place to get involved and that you should stay out of
it," my husband says.

"But Dad...he killed her!!" my son exclaims.

"I know he did...but the police tell you to stay out of it.
Now I want you to look out that window and pretend you see
our neighbor who you're pretending is Saddam turn around and do the
same thing to his children."

"Daddy...he kills them?"

"Yes son, he does. What do you do?"


&t; "Well, if the police don't want to help, I will go and ask my
next door neighbor to help me stop him." our son says.

"Son, our next door neighbor sees what is happening and
refuses to get involved as well. He refuses to open the door
and help you stop him," my husband says.

"But Dad, I NEED help!!! I can't stop him by myself!!"


"WHAT DO YOU DO SON?" Our son starts to cry.

"OK, no one wants to help you, the man across the street saw
you ask for help and saw that no one would help you stop him. He
stands
taller and puffs out his chest. Guess what he does next son?"

"What Daddy?"

"He walks across the street to the old ladies house and breaks
down her door and drags her out, steals all her stuff and sets her
house
on fire and then...he kills her. He turns around and sees you standing
in the window and laughs at you. WHAT DO YOU DO?"


"Daddy..."

"WHAT DO YOU DO?" Our son is crying and he looks down and he
whispers,"I'd close the blinds, Daddy."

My husband looks at our son with tears in his eyes and asks
him. "Why?"


"Because Daddy.....the police are supposed to help people who
needs them...and they won't help.... You always say that neighbors are
supposed to HELP neighbors, but they won't help either...they won't
help me stop him...I'm afraid....I can't do it by myself
Daddy.....I can't look out my window and just watch him do all
these terrible things and...and.....do nothing...so....I'm just going
to close the blinds.... so I can't see what he's doing....... and I'm
going to pretend that it is not happening."

I start to cry. My husband looks at our nine year old son
standing in the window, looking pitiful and ashamed at his answers to
my husband's questions and he says...

"Son"

"Yes, Daddy."

"Open the blinds because that man.... he's at your front
door... "WHAT DO YOU DO?"

My son looks at his father, anger and defiance in his eyes. He
balls up his tiny fists and looks his father square in the eyes,
without hesitation he says: " I DEFEND MY FAMILY DAD!! I'M NOT
GONNA LET HIM HURT MOMMY OR MY SISTER, DAD!!! I'M GONNA FIGHT
HIM, DAD,
I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM!!!!!"


I see a tear roll down my husband's cheek and he grabs our son
to his chest and hugs him tight, and says... " It's too late to fight
him, he's too strong and he's already at YOUR front door
son.....you should have stopped him BEFORE he killed his wife,
and his children and the old lady across the way. You have to do
what's
right, even if you have to do it alone, before
its too late." my husband whispers. THAT scenario I just gave
you is WHY we are at war with Iraq. When good men stand by and
let evil happen son,

THAT is the greatest atrocity in the world. "YOU MUST NEVER BE
AFRAID TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALONE!" BE PROUD
TO BE AN AMERICAN! BE PROUD OF OUR TROOPS!! SUPPORT THEM!!! SUPPORT
AMERICA SO THAT IN THE FUTURE
OUR CHILDREN WILL NEVER HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR BLINDS..."


This should be printed in every newspaper and posted in every
school in America. Of course that won't happen so we'll use the
internet. If your blinds are closed do nothing with this email.
If they
are open I do not
need to tell you what to do.


So we are the policemen of the world, eh? Zimbabwe and Darfur are waiting.
Afghanistan is producing too much opium. What's next?

--
Bomb http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5635330
http://www.gregpalast.com/ http://www.bloggermann.com/
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/11/mideast.main/
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1868912,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12
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