Warbler said:

You can have this discussion without me.

Not really. You're the only one here that feels it makes makes me unpatriotic when I cheer on a British guy (or Chinese chick, etc.) over an American (I was actually pretty surprised to hear that, I more than half expected you to say "no, of course not"), but at the same time claim it isn't about nationalism. There really is no discussion here without you.

Not saying that to try to encourage you to continue the conversation. It'd be an interesting discussion, because I'd really like to see where that viewpoint comes from and the logic behind it (so far all we've got is, "whatever" and "*sigh*"), but I don't think it would be any fun and would just get certain blood pressures rising. Not worth it.