Blackcatter, I don't know if your comment was tongue in cheek or not, but those are the types of comments that make the point I have tried to make in several threads. I don't mind pointing out, or having others point out, what they see as wrong with US policies and behaviour in the world. But this needless Yank bashing is crap. Most need to see the plank in their own eye. The real point is that we must be consistent, regardless of who it is doing what, and have consistent values. Anti semitism, racism, sexism, name your "ism" is almost always an evil, and it is enough to say that we must always stamp it out when possible. It doesn't matter where it occurs, it is just wrong. I have great empathy for my Canadian friends, as I know this offends their sensibilities.

Mick