Lance Armstrong In Glasgow

I've met quite a number of Americans over the years. I have been to the States around 100 or more times and have worked closely with, for and against many of our colonial cousins. I have visited only 14 of your states. I cannot, however, pretend to have met most Americans or even to have met a small per centage. Some Americans that I have met have become close friends. Others I like. Some bore me. Some I actively despise. The one thing that I can say for all of America and all of Americans is that they are diverse. 300,000,000 or so of them and they all appear to be quite different. Willard Scott and Allen Ginsberg are or were both quintessentially American. They were very different one from the other. It is that diversity that defines "American" and it is that diversity that should be celebrated.

Where you find 300,000,000 people you will find a large number of assholes but you will also find a considerable number of good and rewarding people.

i'm not even american. i wouldn't let racism slip under the net, don't see how what he said was much different.