The Only Thing Al Qaida Wants To Trade Is Burkas?
Last night, McCain said the most racist thing I have ever heard to Ron Paul's suggestion that we should, talk and trade with the Arabs. "I don't want to trade with Al Qaida. The only thing they want to trade is Burkas and I don't want to travel with them, 'cause they only like one way tickets"
Mr. McCain - Ron Paul did not say we should trade and travel with Al Qaida and besides, Al Qaida is not a country. This sort of generalization is exactly why, I got pushed by a stranger once in a rest room, of all places in Madison, WI. It was Haloween night 2003 - 6 months after the war had began in Iraq. I was fixing my costume in the mirror at Brothers (a local bar), when a young man came up to me and pushed me. He told me to get the hell out of here since I am brown, ugly and a terrorist.
My parents are from India, I was born and brought up in Illinois. I grew up singing the same National Anthem as that young man did and I love this country, just as much if not more than him, especially because I'm a Ron Paul supporter now. My point is, when politicians make irresponsible comments like that in public - it has major impact on the perception of general public. When we learn to respect other cultures is only when the other cultures will respect us. Give respect and take respect. Will the politicians ever learn this simple notion?