Kat - I would hate for anyone not to visit us. There are too many artists that are unable to travel in the U.S. because of restrictions.

I have no personal grudge nor do I mean to express anger against Scarpi, but I think Scarpi was wrong to blame a country because of the actions of our government and lumping sterotypes into this discussion. If anyone is ashamed of their country, or their heritage, because of the actions of a few, that is not making things better. A country is more than those that are running the show. We have a diversity of thoughts and ideas. I'm involved in a discussion and I do not appreciate being insulted or having my country stereotyped along with its citizens. If anyone wants to deal with the subject, let's discuss that.

Please do not tell me that I am going "overboard" or "castigating" anyone. The last time I looked, having a discussion was about expressing ideas, not suppressing them.

"Ron, it isn't this single story that is the problem, it is the multiplying of stories like this one "
If you look at the percentage of cases, I would suggest that this incident is not the "norm". If it is the norm, we need to get the facts. Every priest is not a pedophile, the streets of New York City is no more dangerous than other cities, cops are not automatically on the take, Italians are not connected with the mob, and America is not trying to make life difficult for visitors. We have problems and we need to fix them, but do not make assumptions.