Americans shouldn't worry about being swept up in appalling generalisations. According to some, if you are English then you must be a relative of Oliver Cromwell as well as being personally responisble for every incident our army has visited on our neighbours since time began (in another thread, someone actually said the first Norman invasion of Ireland was the first English occupation).

The point I am trying to make is it's all bollocks. Some Americans think dropping cluster bombs on Iraqis is a good idea, some do not - so people's indignation when being lumped in with the 'other lot' is understandable. These generalisations say more about the people uttering them than they do about the people being targeted by the comments.