"There is a hard, nasty core at the heart of the European people."
Yeppers on that one. Anyone remember Twain's The French & The Hugonots? That ST. Bartholomulew's celebration is just the example of French 'nasty'.
Yes, indeed, and the Germans have shown their nastiness more recently than that. Churchill once remarked that the Germans are either grovelling at your feet or at your throat. They are in the first mode now, but the Muzzies had better watch out....