Daylia, Thanks! I needed to see this post this AM. I am so very tired of reading mean-spirited negative threads and posts to threads, that an effort to do or say anything positive is truly appreciated. I am in fact, frequently on the opposite side of many of you in these issues. I take pride in knowing that even if you and I disagree, I don't think you are stupid or evil. We just disagree on this issue. I have many friends in my country as well as Great Britain and other European countries who can agree to disagree without all the venom.

I do not think America is evil and I think although we do have a reputation for being a little over exuberant, We are by and large a good people. I feel the same about your country and its people. Any negative generalizations about nations or the people that live in them is at best inaccurate. Thanks again for the thread