Reply #48: I find this story hard to credit

[Matilda]

partly because it's Murdoch press, and partly because, sad to say,
I don't think Iraq matters much to most Australians any more. I wish
it did, but judging from the peace marches held on the last two
anniversaries of the invasion, the numbers have dropped from the
250,000 marching in February of 2003 in Sydney, to less than a
thousand the past two years. It just isn't important any more.

And yes, "septic" is a term used for Americans, and it isn't
complimentary, although I've never heard "sepo". Perhaps we do have
here an American who is just obnoxious - every country has its good
and bad citizens. But I've seen no evidence of hate against
Americans here - Bush yes, but Americans generally, no.