Originally posted by GScholz
Oops, sorry. Americans nitpicking on Europeans only ... check! I would deleta my posts if someone would explain what deleta means.

(A little note to your initial post though: There weren't many Vikings around in 1776)
Nitpicking is exactly what we SHOULDNT be doing GS

I know there werent any Vikings around in 1776. Each one of my examples in my original post were intentionally rediculous. Don't you think it would be rediculous to blame Norwegians and Swedes that are alive today for the atrocities commited by the Vikings? I do

Even trying to *blame* or *point the finger* at citizens of any given country for current actions of their gov'ts is rediculous imo.
Let's use my country as an example. Bush is campaigning for the office of Preidency and makes many promises to his consituents. Then 9-11 happens and he redirects his administration from his campaign promises to a War on Terrorism. Do I have any control on what he does once he is in office? (No) Do I have any say whatsoever in what he does once in office? (Again, no) Would it be rediculous to blame me for what he does? Absolutley.
The same thing can be applied to the French and their gov't, the Germans and their gov't etc.
The 2nd to last thing I said in my original post was that maybe we should find the good things in this world to talk about.
To many threads here concentrate only on the negative. Reminds me of the news broadcasts.
