I don't know if it's a good thing that some countries handle things more stupidly than others. If the differences were value-free you might have a really strong claim there, but the good side is vanishingly small in the sea of colossal buffoonery that this whole situation represents.

In this instance yes, but the EU keeping (or surrendering in the case of air travel) personal data from careless (or plain mischievous) hold by foreigners is a good thing.

I mean it's not only about gun nuts cowboys vs corrupted italians, it's also about integrating the culture when you enter a country. Germans have a German way of doing stuff, Italian too, French too. All are different.

As seen from this side of the pond, free speech and gun fandom (and the mix of both) are just a costly (in human lives) buffoonery too, that makes no sense when compared to the prudery about sex. I mean it's cultural differences and it touches business too, yes. A french company sending racy ads in he US would cause quite a stir, leaving a shitty video 2 months after it have been reported in Italy gets you in trouble. And when you set foot in a country you try to adapt. I've seen many companies "adapt" their prices "the european way" (that often mean 1€ = $1) maybe now it's time for adapting the rest too.