Having found my own car, left on the street overnight, splattered with ketchup and surrounded by a bag of McDonald’s garbage, and once with its rear window shattered by a flying bottle, I am familiar with the anger and frustration he feels. The difference is these were random acts of moronic vandalism not a personal attack by some loser.
Dr. Salhi is right to be angry. But I caution Dr. Salhi to remember we are a nation of individuals, and that his calling upon the community and schools to add more non-curriculum-based classes on tolerance and multiculturalism is not a reasonable way to solve the problem. It is neither the community nor the schools that are doing this. It is a particular individual and maybe one or two of his henchmen.
Remember, America was founded as a self-help nation. I suggest Dr. Salhi use the standards of the community to shame his tormentor(s). Put up a pole and fly the Star’ n Stripes. Put up a sign listing the dates and acts of stupidity that have occurred and asking for witnesses. Shame and fear are the language best understood by those who throw things in the night — use them.
No one thinks you deserve this and the vast majority of Americans welcome legal immigrants and are glad to have religious and cultural diversion. And the “vast majority” is the best we’ll ever get in any nation full of “humans.” Instead, use your intelligence and cleverness to stop this. We’ll all applaud your success and heave a sigh of relief at the same time because it’s humiliating for all of us that these things happened in the first place.
Lauren Oakes
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End justifies means for president
As reported in the Los Angeles Times on Monday, President Obama showed up in Afghanistan to take Hamid Karzai to task about “building respect for the rule of law.” This is the height of hypocrisy considering that next on the Obama agenda is rewarding illegal immigrants with citizenship.
