"Ryan Ginstrom" wrote ...
> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15734656-421,00.html
> 
> The vile abuses included calling Americans "sepos" and in one incident,
> telling an American student in a pub "I hate your president. I hate your
> country."
> 
> It appears that many of the American students were shocked at the treatment,
> because they thought that "everybody likes Americans."
> 
> Shame on you, Austrians!

    The Colorado-based Australearn organisation - which teaches "cultural 
    adjustment" to US students before they come to Australia - started warning 
    in January of attitudes towards Americans over Iraq. 

    Australearn's Australian director, Shelia Houston, said the briefings aimed 
    to give American students "coping strategies" in the face of an attack. 

May I recommend 実は、カナダ人です。

(Credit for this goes to whoever I nicked the idea from ...)