Letter: Meaning of ‘American’ must be made clear

First Posted: January 14, 2013 - 9:13 pm
Last Updated: January 14, 2013 - 9:13 pm

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Roderick Edwards

Greenwood

To the editor:

I’ve been thinking a lot about why this country was founded. They used to call it the “American Experiment” because no other nation had been designed like this one.

So, what is the unique factor?

It was freedom — and freedom as defined as a concept where other people can’t tell you what you can do or think (as long as you aren’t harming anyone).

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