It was a joke. whether it was funny or not is another matter, but that’s what I meant.
I am an American who’s lived in Europe for a couple of years, And my post was giving voice to a common stereotype of Americans held by some Europians (with a tiny level of justification. I’ve seen a some Americans come across that way over there, though not all, by anymeans. Like it or not, our current president doesn’t do wonders for this kind of reputation either).
I don’t hate Americans. I like scads of them. There are also some that I don’t like. My post was a potshot at people who come across that way, as well as people who hold that predjudice. It was a joke though. It probably makes more sense to the folks across the pond. You don’t really notice that kind of additude living in America as an American. I didn’t really see it until I left, and then I saw it more when I came back. It is pretty obvious to foriegners when they come here. Not all of us are like that, but to some degree our upbringing has conditioned us to come across that way. Americans are very competitive, and want to be the best, which is not a bad thing. In Europe there is more of a mentality that says that nobody should try to be better than anyone else. Neither worldveiw is better or worse, and both have good and bad to them, but they do put things in a much different light, and when people with these differing veiws meet eachother, there is bound to be tension, from the europian prespective. The American drive to succeed and be the best causes some external side affects that are very offensive to Europians. The Europians bitch about it. We don’t know what is offending them, so we think they are annyoing, irritable grannies (which is probably true). Another thing that American are taught from a very young age is that we live in the “best country in the world”, whatever that actually means. People from other countries find this rather offensive, as you might expect. France does this too. Everyone thinks it’s eaqually stupid when they do it.
By the way, everything above stated about “Europe” particularly applies to Denmark, and to a lesser degree the rest of northwestern Europe. Don’t know much first hand about southern Europe, or eastern Europe.
See, it was a funny joke. Now laugh.
I am trying, really I am. 
that guy in the red beret on page 1 sings to the seals, how mean can you be.