> You seem to have a very selective memory on this. I wouldn't say it's selective. Just the result of spending extensive time in both countries. Is it not just

> You seem to have a very selective memory on this. I wouldn't say it's selective. Just the result of spending extensive time in both countries. Is it not just as possible you're being defensive? > Out and proud USA #1 folk aren't hard to come by, abroad or at home in the US, Right, and my point was the minority of Americans who travel tend to learn the world is a bigger place and their country has a lot of issues. > while the majority of those flying the flag of Australia the Lucky Country are all too aware that Horne coined the phrase with a sneer as a back handed complement. Not my experience at all. They say it just as seriously as the Out and proud USA #1 folk you refer to, maybe with a little more awareness and less zealotry, but not that much less.