Umair, thanks for sharing. Your complaints about us are undoubtedly true, if nevertheless somewhat overstated.

Don’t forget: the uberman mirage, which had been hoisted by the Nazi thugs 90 years ago — that racist onslaught on all things decent and human — was overturned when we helped to run the damn Nazis back in their holes.

Perhaps our post-WarII prosperity contributed to our mounting idiocy. Sorry about that. Our dumbing-down is certainly regrettable; it is, no doubt, one excuse for why we ended up with the lysol prez.

I have traveled all over the world, as one of those “ugly” and now “idiot” Americans. I do understand your concerns.

Your above writing starts with your personal anecdote in a London park. London fascinates me. . . so much so that, a few years ago I wrote a novel, “Smoke”, that begins in London, on the day of George VI’s coronation. As the story moves along, Philip travels to, and through, France. In so doing he encounters forces in the European life of 1937that ultimately erupt in a world war.

We Americans are not the only idiots on this planet. But we are catching some flak from you guys in the rest of the world. It’s ok. I understand. I am reminded of an Englishman . . . John Lennon, who once wrote: “. . . the way things are going, they’re gonna crucify me.”

I am also reminded of one good man who was indeed crucified long ago. . . a man who taught his followers — one of whom I am — the importance of our life in “common”, de-emphasizing the individual. I suggest you take a look at that crucified one whose death enabled a rising to eternal life that emphasizes the wisdom of “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

Umair, have a nice day. I always get a kick out of reading your stuff, and I do learn from it. Don’t give up on trying to break through to us yankees.