It's really hard sometimes responding to post when you aren't sure were the member is based. How about making location compulsory when signing up? A country would be good enough!
One of the reasons is some folks have a blood feud with other nations. This is one way of getting to know the other guy before planning how you would like them to die.
Then there is the politics issue, it is not allowed on AAC, though we occasionally skirt pretty close to it.