Alarikf, today you've earned my respect. It is not worth much, but it is the most important thing I can give you via internet.
Atrocities, I agree to disagree !
But well, surprisingly few people try to understand another country by reading their press or just looking at their side of the hill. I constantly fend off affirmations of the like "all americans are bush lovers who hate france", so when I find a generalisation such as "French and those who love to hate America" I find it a bit depressing.