Are You an American?

A response to the Amazing Atheist's poll question, do I consider myself an American?

My answer is yes, I'm Canadian.

I don't know if he thought it through; maybe he was just trying to get a sense of who was reading his blog. Did he feel that he had more appeal to an International audience?

But the term is loaded. America is really all of North America and South America. Though it depends on who you ask. What are these other American states if not also America?

If he had asked "Are you a citizen of the United States of America?" then I would have had to say no, because I'm actually a citizen of one of the divided states of America.