Labor Day Joke Backlash

Oh man, you'd think I said the Pope was having sex with Katie Couric for the flack I got yesterday over my rather innocent, "Only in America does Labor celebrate hard work by taking the day off." I must have heard from 20 countries with all the same message: "hey, you can't take credit for having lazy workers!!! We've got 'em too!" Ok, great. You want ours?