Thanks for your thoughtful reply, and of course your right. But these fascist claims go unanswered here too often and I shouldn't have to dispute it point by point. It's ludicrous.
>you are painting all Europeans with the same brush and that is just as stupid as those that like to paint all of the US with one brush.
Well I did qualify it with 'whining'. Particularly the ones whose sense of entitlement has become so bloated.
My 'E.U. in a ditch' was too much, I have no beef with Europe, just calling out bullshit.