holy fucking shit stafford . <| sep |> Only problem is that there are no steps that could be taken , short of setting up full public key signing of all comments . <| sep |> How about if you ' re Des van Rooney ? <| sep |> 1 . I can see that , to an extent . My sister nor me ever had that impression when we were growing up . We associated it with antiquated American culture , urbanized city tones , quirkiness , etc . I see your point . 2 . That ' s true , it ' s not necessarily America . That said , notwithstanding that I felt an American ambiance of sorts reading the books , but that isn ' t really objective . In that sense we have to look at the country as utterly fictional . However at that point , there are no direct indicators of either a European or Americanesque country . That means either interpretation could perhaps be valid . 3 . Here is where I disagree . Of course you ' re correct , but what I disagree with is the suggestion that because the film presented European roles which were not necessarily present in the books , that retroactively determines a European , rather than Americanesque connotation to some characters . I think not . But overall I have to agree with what you ' re saying .