Mugsy....

I have no desire to challenge your beliefs that the U.S. is the greatest country on earth. You have plenty of valid reasons to think that. The reason why I abstain from such comments is because I feel it is impossible to make such a statement as I have only lived in three countries, and have not been able to live everywhere to make a statement like that. But if you feel that way, that's great. I know a lot of others agree. I would say that out of all the places I've lived, I loved America the most. I yearn for it daily and defend it when people challenge it. But that does not mean I turn a blind eye to its faults. I love it so much, that I want to make it a better place, and complacency does not seem to be the way to accomplish that.

Mike was pretty clearly attacking me, in my opinion. I've seen things get far nastier on PetTalk over a lot less. I'm sorry you can't even see where I'm coming from, but I've already have had plenty of PMs and emails sent to me in agreement. They just don't want to be pulled into the fray.


Mugsy: Also, the catty little spelling correction was tacky.

Well, I think egregious spelling errors are tacky, especially when someone is trying to come off as "smarter than thou".