I always have the impression I'm harsh and too blunt when reading myself afterwards, as those small phrases don't convey all <sniffing>
On this precise subject, I believe that the two side of the Channel "are" the extremes ! More northern or eastern states have found other ways then the British ones, and most of the Latin one's are less "righteous" on the subject then the Frenchs... :-) "What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
I had no idea that France's approach is so vastly different to the UK, so it has been an eye opener. Ad astra per aspera
No attitudes to wealth, religion, disability, fame etc in any group, can ever change without a shared experience of other groups'.
Relationships with, for example muslims, would much improve if we could share their experience, instead of looking at it through a telescope with a filter on it. You can't be me, I'm taken