Re: American puritanism?
Our country is actually called America
No it isn't, you tit. Your country is (probably) called The United States of America.
America (without caveats) is two whole continents, of which the USA is, what, about a sixth?
Important note: I have a lot of admiration for the things the USA does well, and many USAian friends. I'm not poking at the country in this post, merely at one of its more disadvantaged (presumably) citizens.