: Just a quick note:  I did not think you were slagging (?!) my nationality...even though as a Jew with 4 grandparents from Russia, it's hard to say what my nationality is, though I know what my domicile is.  Oh right, your not a Zionist are you? 
: On the other hand, slag away!  I spend half my time on this stupid computer attacking my fellow Americans for their sinful ways!
I dont really like to slag (that is insult) nations, it's a bit indiscriminate, individuals like the Christian Right or Classes like the capitalist elites are more specific deserving targets.
: BTW, I have a soft spot for the Irish, seeing as my wife is born of Irish immigrants.  Also, I love your brogue, laddy.
I dont know if I have a brogue, us northerners sound a bit like lapsed scots, so I've been told, it changes a bit the closer you get to the border, I like Dublin and Cork accents myself (or maybe that's just because I like Dublin or Cork girls). Where are you from I know the US is a sort of big place.
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McSpotlight: I'm going out with someone from Carlow, myself ;)