¿Por qué molesta tanto escuchar estas cosas?

Así, sin pelos en la lengua ni falsos pudores. ¿No es exactamente así?:

During my recent trip to Israel, I had suggested that the choices a society makes about its culture play a role in creating prosperity, and that the significant disparity between Israeli and Palestinian living standards was powerfully influenced by it. In some quarters, that comment became the subject of controversy.