To the administartor only

I apologize for my fellow Americans arrogance. Many but not all are very egocentric and do not understand the rest of the world. Part of it is because of the cold war and they feel like they won ww1 and ww2 for the rest of the world and not their own monetary gains.

I do believe in America and that we helped out considerably in the world wars, but we did not do it alone.

I was in the US. Air Force and lived overseas for most of my military career. I saw how the locals who lived near the base would expect me to behave and were cautious with friendship until they realized I was not a typical Yank. I fit in everywhere I went because I respect other cultures for their value and do not judge them by American standards.

I try to open the eyes of my American friends when I can. I imagine this thread will be removed by CR4 Admin because it can be confrontational. But to anyone who reads this realize not all Americans are like that, and to Americans...think before you submit your posts.

Drew

No one will deny that individuals on this forum (American or not) might make arrogant remarks. But I had a look at several of the threads you have posted, Divekar, and I see many, numerous, courteous and intelligent remarks by AMERICANS.

If an individual makes a remark that you consider personally offensive or racist, the procedure is to use the "REPORT" button and bring it to the admin's attention, if you are not satisfied to ignore it and carry on as most of us do, most of the time.

For you to take the bad behaviour of one or two individuals, and make it a general criticism of Americans, is really not acceptable. It is incredibly rude to the Americans who have been courteous to you.

At the same time, you are assuming that critical remarks are because you are Indian. I have been on this forum for over a year, and I don't see that there is anti-Indian attitude or any other racism expressed here. Critical remarks are a part of the forum process. Ideas get overhauled, it is not meant to be taken personally. And if you make errors (as we all do) expect to be laughed at: it's part of the scene to have a sense of humour. Your unjustified remark about Americans is really the closest thing I have seen to 'racism' in the forum.