because I have respect for tohunga and insanejake, but it can be very irritating to have people sniping at your country and its citizens all the time. I'm far from a nationalist, but I still do love America, and what it could be, ideally. There's a balance to be struck between being Wonder33lt or Expertise, and being someone who spells america with three k's. And I think it would do Americans a lot of good to spend some time living in a foreign country, if at all possible, but I also think it would do people from other countries some good to take a road trip across America, or live in it but make sure not just to live in the cities, see the whole of the country and meet some of the people, so they could get a better understanding of who Americans really are and where they're coming from. I'm sounding a little too "we are the world" right now, so I'm gonna get off my soapbox and get some lunch.