That's interesting. I was just trying to add an adjoinder to my original point: a country like Germany (a very insular society dating back to antiquity with a higher income per capita than most countries) will obviously have a higher level of services and funds available to appropriate throughout it's population than a nation as large and economically diverse as ours.

I'm just not sure quite where your prof. was coming from with the whole German hooker comparison, but he sounds like a fun teacher!