> bookie wrote:
>

>> i am not really a fan of americans at the best of times and this guy
>> is really not improving my view of them as a nation, sorry chaps
>> (shakes head in despair)

>
> Well, isn't that nice? �I'm not really a fan of people who group and
> stereotype, nor who can't capitalize proper nouns nor initial letters of
> sentences.
>
> Not really a fan of Americans, eh? �That's really closed minded and
> narrow-viewed of you. �There are 301 million of us, that's quite a large
> number of people you've just lumped together. �I know a lot of Americans
> (rather, USA citizens) who speak in terms like that: "I don't like
> French people" or "I'm not a fan of Muslims" or "English are all
> pretentious." �I can't stand people who talk in those terms, American or
> otherwise. �Thanks for identifying yourself as one of "them."
>
> I'm not really a fan of Iran's government, but several of the most
> wonderful people I know are from Iran. �I sure as heck am not going to
> lump them with their leaders.
>
> I'd tell you to take a look around you, that there are plenty of British
> people who are idiotic as or more so than many Americans, but I'm sure
> you've already identified and grouped them, too. �Does your bigotry and
> prejudice extend to ethnicity, race and gender, too? �Or do you focus
> your dislike along purely geo-political lines? �Never mind, a bigot is a
> bigot through and through; it matters not where *you* draw the line.
>
> -KC
> (And yes, the irony in some of my statements was intentional)