Greetings Darth Offspring, may the force be in your genes...
Very sensible posting, if only everyone in the industry shared the same point of view.
Your comments certainly apply to the greater part of the European aviation environment that you speak of, however "saying it as one sees it" can mean some interesting things, particularly in the Middle and Far East where cultural filters tint the glass through which these things are viewed.
In a certain sandy place, for example, local national pilots are routinely exonerated for the direst of incidents (explantion given makes for some riveting reading) while the expatriate pilot is villified for the least. In another place further east known for its morale-boosting genius, ten-thousand hour relief captains are bypassed for command by local 1500-hour F/O's, safety being secondary to national face, damn the insurance premiums. And in yet another place just north of there, expat pilots have been beaten up (one hospitalized as a result) in Flight Operations by locals indignant at the acknowledged need for the expat presence. Holy sh@t Darth, pass the light sabre...
The above examples are, of course, extreme, but they do seem to have their varying counterparts in the "civilized" world as well. In defending a pilot who has fallen victim to malicious or partisan management agendas, as HoltCJ appears to be doing at the moment, it's not quite as simple and eloquent as your posting seems to suggest. There are always two sides to any story; the corporate brick wall (and the suits hiding behind it), however, carry inordinately more weight than the individual.
Rumour has it, by the way, that a certain establishment in San Fransisco considers pointy-hats and whips a treat. Not that I would know anything about it of course.