>>>>>> America is a continent. The people call themselves Americans.
>>>>>
>>>>>Don't bring this up... it... makes... me...angry.
>>>>
>>>>Say what? You mean because I didn't say "North America is a continent" or that I (in my haste) committed the heinous crime of lumping canucks in with yanks?
>>>>
>>>>I apologise for either/both.
>>>
>>>No need to apologize!
>>>
>>>You got it. The term "American" is a double mistake.
>>>1) There is no continent called America (only North America and South America) so nobody should be called an American
>>>2) Refering to people United States of America as Americans is a misunderstanding of the descriptive nature of the name. A better name would be "Unionists" or "UnitedStaters", though I realize that Unionist has some civil war connotations. How about USA'er?
>>
>>How about US? We like short terms! :)
>
>And the rest of the world would be 'THEM'? ;)


I salute your keen understanding of Bush Administration foreign policy.