Ake...in one sentence you use a silly 'name' that no one else uses... Donal-John... and slip sideways into a pronouncement about "the whole of Western Europe" and " a well off elite".

Then you expound on what Barthes 'means'. I'm not at all sure that's his view and I have no time right now to re-read it and decide... it's Valentines Day here and I have a good lady to celebrate with.

We'll see how this progresses overnight.