Politically correct nonsense - especially irritating from such a staunchly white bread paper like the Globe and Mail where much -though admittedly not all- of the writing about foreign societies  comes from Anglophones who don't speak the language of or have never lived in the country they are purporting to interpret to Canadians. I trust Eric Reguly to give me the vibe on Italy. I don't trust Margaret Wente to explain the Dutch psyche to me or Doug Saunders to reveal Poland.