Sayyid Kutb, the guy who started the whole Islamic Fundamentalism thing, hated America because he was shocked because he saw boys flirting with girls at church sock hops when he was in Colorado. Richard Bridge, by contrast, hates America because someone on eBay wouldn't ship something or other to him. Canadians hate America because of something to do with Salmon fishing, though I never quite understood what--

For my part, I hated America because of MCarthyism, Racism, the Vietnam War, and because no one would ever dance with me in High School--

I like America now, because I realized that there is more to life than sock hops--