Today, I was rather violently accosted by a rather intriguing gentleman

[Sarmatian]

Doesn't matter. Hax has a different opinion than the coddled one. The coddled one wins by virtue of being coddled. It doesn't matter if Hax is correct

Come on, it would complicate things beyond measure and give bureaucrats chance to earn their pay.

You're insulted because you're an Arab? But he's an Arab! Ok, wait, who insulted who for being an Arab? You're both insulted? Because you're Arabs? Well, you're half-Dutch. Does that make you less insulted or more insulted? Ok, is there an EU body I can pass this on to???

They'd end up on a loop, it would be wonderful to watch.

Ah, reminded me of a story my Slovakian friend told me about his father. When his father was younger, he'd be inclined to sing Serbian nationalistic songs when drunk. He'd sing them on the streets at night, and loud, no decency, really. A few times the police caught him cause, well, it was Yugoslavia and it was all that Brotherhood and Unity, Yugoslavian crap, and you weren't allowed to sing those songs... They'd bring him in to station, and start taking info.

What's your name?
And the cop writes it down.
Date of birth?
And the cop writes it down.
Nationality?
Slovakian
Slov...

At that point the cop throws the piece of paper in the rubbish, gets rather angry and says :Get out of here!!!

Ah, the beautiful and complicated world of ethnic relations...