A) Your ad-hominem is out of line. B) You know nothing about me. Not that it matters: not only have I lived in Germany, I have lived in France for many years,

A) Your ad-hominem is out of line. B) You know nothing about me. Not that it matters: not only have I lived in Germany, I have lived in France for many years, I earned a Graduate Degree in Europe, worked for the European government (EIB), 'lived in Luxembourg' in all practical reality, speak three European languages, and visited nearly every European country. In addition to having lived in two very different American states for several years, and have visited more than 1/2 of them, and visit the USA regularly. C) Not only am I entitled to my opinions, in this case they're neither novel nor contentious, and they are more or less correct.