Well Gyno's been pissed at me ever since I blocked his persona on other forums. Furthermore, that an American had something to do with the invention of the internet (check
http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/history/inventednet.html -- it was actually a collaboration of several people and countries that invented different stages of the technology) says nothing of the intelligence of the people I criticised, or the foreign policy of the country as a whole.
I have a lot of respect for some Americans, in my academic circle, Raph Koster's paper on the rights of the avatar is a big deal, and he's American. However a lot of them (several examples on this forum, and your President) don't get the same respect.
That nude cycle race happened in Brighton also when I was visiting a friend, it was on behalf of some international environmental effort I believe --
http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/.