Newuser, Your generalization knows no bounds. And I do believe you that some french might hate Americans, but who doesn't. Come on the entire world despises them after the whole Iraq war. And you might be wrong; I think it is the Americans who want to rule the world, don't you think? Actions surely speak louder than words. Ok, define what arrogance is for me, please? Taking pride in your country, culture, language and history, is that arrogance? French surely do take pride in those. And if these do qualify for making people arrogant then, look at us Nepalis, just here in Sajha, we have tons of thread that read, 'Beautiful pictures of Nepal,' 'Nepal, the most beautiful country in the world'; and statements like, ' we never got colonized,' 'gurkhas are the breavest of the brave', and the most simple one is, in any nepali gathering outside of nepal, we always talk about nepal, comparing everything nepali with everything that is not. Is this arrogance to you? And let's no even talk about what makes Americans arrogant. (Thinking along the same line as you do).