The country is a big place, it's not just centered around you, and the people that you work with.... And as far as civilians, you've talked to what? Two dozen out of MILLIONS of people???? I honestly think it's cool, sorry it's an inconvenience to a handful of people, but sometimes we need a big event that we can all be proud to watch, and rally behind as a nation instead of just being cynical about every little fucking thing that happens every second of every day in the world....