I am an American. I am also a Caucasian male, so I am wrong by default. I was on a Navy base when the incident occurred. They are too "politically correct" for my taste. What I wanted to say I didn't dare, lest I incur the wrath of some high ranking knucklehead trying to make it to a higher rank.

If I had a nickle for ever time a woman told me to get lost, I could buy Manhattan.