The placing it in music, believe it or not FRIEND, was purely by mistake. It was meant to be BS.

The thread was started, for the information of those FRIENDS who don't go jumping to nasty accusations, to simply point out my central point in the NYC thread. For those that read those points for understanding, as opposed to just looking for a reason for self righteous punditry, my point was that it is time to stop all these cheapshots and oversimplification of complex problems. Americans and the USA certainly have problems, some unique to us. The Brits and what is Great Britain have their share as do all countries. But in this increasingly smaller world, these problems are worldwide and we need to be thinking as community instead of these tired old oversimplified shots based on our own lifelong prejudices and feelings.

I think the Europeans have been right all along. They recognized the tongue in cheek nature of the post, and the irony of it all. So did Olesko, as usual. It was designed to spark discussion.

Then there is my FRIEND Jeri, who as usual decided to chastise publicy instead of by PM, or better yet........ perish forbid ...... could have PM'ed me to see what I was up to on this.

So let the discussion continue.....

Mick