Don't you live in North America?

Don't  you live in North America?
There for you are American.

"thegourleys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Such an amazing amount of energy and creativity. Why not do something
> positive with such a gift? I guess you'd rather dwell in your negativity.
> 
> Hey! Here's another negative idea for you: Fart, Crap, Smear - Another use
> for your stuff.
> 
> PS Crossposting asshole
> 
> "http://www.iamnotamerican.com"; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > "I Am Not American" Web Site Adds Designs, Languages, Merchandise
> >
> > Surrey, BC.
> > November 29, 2003
> >
> >     It started with a t-shirt featuring the Canadian flag and the phrase
>  "I
> > am not American" translated into multiple languages, a web site with a
> > provocative name - iamnotamerican.com - and a few borrowed dollars to get
>  it
> > all going.  It resulted in the shirt's designer receiving abuse and
>  threats,
> > and one U.S-based website owner trying to shut him down.  Now, Surrey
>  (B.C.)
> > resident Trevor Wilson is expecting more of the same after releasing new
> > designs and additional merchandise featuring the same controversial
>  message.
> >
> >     Thanks to 'advances in modern technology' it is now possible for
>  anyone
> > with an original design to offer a range of products without the need to
> > purchase and maintain a large inventory.  Trevor has taken full advantage
>  of
> > this by offering a selection of merchandise such as stickers, mousepads,
> > coffee cups and clothing with one of his seventeen multi-lingual or single
> > language designs.
> >
> >     "I can make all five of my original designs available, whereas before
>  I
> > could only sell the one design." Trevor said Saturday. "I have also made
> > each of twelve languages available by themselves on their own products.
>  The
> > shirt featuring Arabic only, for example, looks great!  Custom designs are
> > also possible now, with any combination of available languages."
> >
> >     Having refined the design since the original 'Canadian Flag' shirt
>  went
> > on sale in February, the language line-up has changed slightly, with the
> > addition of Spanish and Dutch and the deletion of Afrikaans.  Also
>  available
> > in addition to the two new languages are Arabic, French, German, Japanese,
> > Italian, Portuguese, Slovak, Chinese, Russian and of course, English.
> >
> >     Newly added designs include all twelve languages without a background,
> > or with backdrops such as the circular 'Peace' symbol.  In a move that is
> > bound to upset some 'Stateside', other designs feature the American flag
> > beneath the international symbol of prohibition, either by itself or with
> > the the multilingual "I am not American" translations.
> >
> >     Prompted by a personal experience over ten years ago, Trevor had been
> > toying with the idea ever since.  In August of 2001 he decided to finally
> > put his plans in motion, but tragic events the next month resulted in a
> > decision to delay release for at least one more year.  In 2003, the site
>  was
> > closed for two days out of respect for the many victims of September 11.
> >
> >     Over and above the basic concept of the design (after all, how dare
> > someone want to say they were not American?), Wilson's sense of humour has
> > upset some.  At one stage an image was featured of U.S. President George
>  W.
> > Bush 'wearing' one of the shirts.  This resulted in a resident of Bush's
> > home state - Texas - starting a campaign of harassment in order to close
>  the
> > web site.  About that, Trevor said "the odd thing is that this person ran
>  a
> > 'free speech' web site.  It seems they didn't truly believe in the concept
> > of free speech."
> >
> >     Trevor also points out an interesting example of irony.  The only
> > company offering the 'small-run' service he is utilising to make all his
> > designs and merchandise available is located in the U.S.A. "I find it
> > amusing that an American company is producing something that says 'I am
>  not
> > American'," he said. "Unfortunately though, no Canadian company offers
>  this
> > service, but the minute they can, I will be there giving them my
>  business".
> >
> >     The full range of "I am not American" merchandise is available on the
> > internet at http://www.iamnotamerican.com .
> >