And so the shrillness continues, with the public no wiser for it.

You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.

Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.

This noise will only get louder when the death toll will grow and might become a disaster for Blatter, FIFA, Qatar and all football lovers.

Anger at the Israeli government is palpable in Turkey, and returning activists are being greeted by officials among hero fan fare.

All this imagery was creating a lot of fuss and I was cited as a disgusting artist. The press were writing about this, giving full pages about how terrible this was.

So why are so many intelligent politicians making such a fuss? Europe, one must realize, is as much about symbolic acts as it is about tangible realities.

So, while resting on Europe s beaches and mountains, policymakers could take a step back from the sound and fury of the last few months and think about the future. Is the eurozone sleepwalking into becoming a United States of Europe?

But the furor missed some of the most interesting questions, focusing (as usual) on Facebook s tone deafness (as usual). Nobody seemed interested in the obvious question of whether the findings reflected a genuine shift in mood, or simply a desire conscious or unconscious to fit in.