But don't worry about the letters from foaming at the mouth limey-haters - it won't get anyone hating Americans.

Well it hasn't got me hating but it has got me wondering how much of it may have simply been written in anger and how much of that may represent an attitude that does exist with some Americans.

One thing I have never believed is that Mudcat or other folk boards are likely to be representative of a true cross section of beliefs or attitudes within a country. Mudcat for example probably attracts a higher percentage of "Guardian reading psuedo intellectuals" than our national average.