I just changed over to Digital Ocean and cancelled my 1and1 and rackspace servers. So now Entreeplay and this blog are hosted on digital ocean instead of Rackspace (EntreePlay) and 1and1 (this blog). It was a good move, saving TONS of money  and it seems that Digital Ocean’s servers perform a lot better. Big win!

Since I just migrated the blog over I was going through and looking at all my old comments. As it turns out I missed one! from way back in 2012. but I just HAD to respond! This  was the post and the comment was as follows:

Agree that rasta monkey is offensive, but equally offensive is that you “consider Jamaica to be part of the Americas”. Since it’s independence from the uk, it has remained part of the british commonwealth and the queen is still head of state. It’s your kind of ignorance (with colonial undertones) that gives americans a bad name.

This guy accused me of giving Americans a bad name! I do spend quite a large amount of time badmouthing the US when talking to my British coworkers and friends but it’s all in good fun. I love the US and make an effort to give people here a positive opinions of the United States and Americans in general. So when someone accuses me of giving Americans a bad name, I must respond, even if it is 2 years late.

This comment made me laugh though. I just LOVE it when completely ignorant people go crazy about something and I get to berate them. Because, contrary to what this person thinks, I am not the one giving Americans a bad name. His assumption that anything that begins with America refers to the United States is fundamentally flawed. Since, as most people know the Americas refers to what was previously known as  The New World or North, Central and South America and anything in the immediate area (source).

In conclusion I submit the following facts/opinions to the reader

1. This comment is what brought the colonial undertones
2. This comment, apparently written by an American, is what gives Americans a bad name
3. I am not ignorant about the usage of the word “Americas”
4. Membership in the British Commonwealth does not magically move a country into the magical commonwealth land (You can’t seriously think Canada is not part of the Americas).

That’s all folks. If you got to the bottom, thanks for reading!

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