But you are wrong, yet again. It isnt jealousy or a desire to be "noticed" by you all, to be showered by your "benevolence". Quite the contrary,,, we hope and pray we will be ignored by you all, no good can come to being "noticed". And YOU, as a normal bloke? You so want to be adored and put on a pedestal by foreigners, by what you think are your country's vast achievements. The lack of knowledge of all things not American is understandable, but it is the total lack of curiosity because, apparently, you think it inferior or not worthy: a very strange national trait, unlike any other peoples. So please dont talk about what non Americans think of you, look no further at how you think of them,,, and as in any relationship, understand that the disdain begins with you...


My dear I know as much as I want to know about the British and Canadians through experience. I am one of those "odd Americans" who actually does travel. I was sitting in an airport in Canada one time when a rather large woman sat down next to me. She asked where I was going and I told her. She informed me she was on her way to Florida. I asked if she was an American and she said, "OH! God no! Don't insult me. I asked why she was going to the states then? She said she lived there and had to return to "civilization" (Canada) to maintain her free healthcare services.

She asked why I was going to the states, and I said because I live there and I am an American. After she pulled her size 9's out of her mouth she mumbled something about not really "hating" all Americans. I would say that the disdain started with her wouldn't you?

And you have your wish, most of us do ignore you...unless you are stumbling around underfoot.