Hi Dicksy,
Allow me to reiterate - my original post was a light-hearted take on life in the region, intended hopefully to put a smile on the face of anybody here over the hot summer holidays. A pity then, that you and other like-minded EK fetishists had to politicize the topic.
By the way, is plagiarizing an Austin Powers movie character (and a female one, at that) for a username the best you can do? Mind you, 'Cretin' was probably taken already...