Hi Michael,

I don’t disagree with you at all, and am well aware what i said isn’t a blanket statement for the US. The reason I didn’t include the exceptions to my statement is because I was responding to a specific question within the article, which was “Why does America seem to breed this special kind of person, the American Idiot?”. The exceptions you’ve pointed out while accurate, don’t create the “American Idiot”.

I really appreciate your response though. Thank you for taking the time to write it.