Well, when I got to the last paragraph, I knew that there would be many apoplectic responses. I do not believe that he was trying to shame anyone - just stating historical fact. Frankly, I agree with what he has stated about the US, we are a greedy society, with an exaggerated sense of self-importance. Its citizens have contributed much to the world's societies, as have many others. We also tend to forget that many of those contributions were made by immigrants and that we have also committed many crimes against humanity, as have many other nations. We are far from perfect and should try to understand that there may be people who do not agree with us for very valid reasons.