""But now you know that 50,000,000 people in this country, and who knows how many more in the rest of Europe, view it differently,""

I suspect that 49,900,000 people this side of the pond don't actually give a damn MtheGM.

I don't recall you asking, nor me giving, permission for you to stand forth representing your views as my own.

You get one opinion only on this forum pal. and I will quite happily supply mine without outside assistance.

This matter is only sightly less important than whether you say "sidewalk" or "pavement", and not worth vilifying a nation to prove a point.

Don T.