[UncleSamUSA]

Can you imagine the stink that would take place if my fellow New Yorkers started harassing any and all Middle Eastern looking visitors to the city and called them "Pigs" and "Terrorists". Believe me, I have been tempted, but I have not done so, nor do I know of anyone else who has done so. Mainly because we give everyone the benefit of the doubt and welcome them as honest visitors.

The venom that US tourists are seeing from the scum of Europe these days goes beyond them just disagreeing with a US foreign policy. It is pure unadulterated hatred, directed at tourists who have come thousands of miles to visit their countries.

It is abominable, it is uncivilized, it is disgusting. Europeans, whose asses were saved from Nazi sadists 60 years ago, are now reverting to form and acting like the scum they have always been. It will be a LONG, LONG, LONG time before I ever go back to Europe again. And I have been there at least 8 times over the last 20 years.

[MattinNJ]

I was in Madrid back in 98. The city and the people were great. My wife (who was born there) and I went out to get a bite to eat one night. When she left to go to the ladies room three little sawed off runts said something about Americans. I wasn't quite sure what they said, but the tequila in me decided to find out. Seems the little euroweenies aren't so brave when they have a pi$$ed off 6'3 240 lb. ugly american in their face.

That being said, I heartily recommend Madrid. Aznar has been behind us from the start and the city and people are great.

[glory]

Absolutely and I agree with you. We have the money with which to travel and we will be exclusively spending it to travel in the good 'old US of A.

[buffyt]

You are so right, excellent analogy, if we picked on MidEasterners... but USA is much more civilized than Europe, plus we would be charged with HATE crimes here in US if we did that. Great point!

The first couple of times we went to Europe, everyone was so nice. In 2000 I actually had a German woman complain to me about the allied bombing of Dresden Meissen area. I thought silently to myself, my Uncle Richard lost his life freeing these people!