I don`t take either side.
I don`t think detroit is soley responsible for anything, as it was already happening, and I don`t think that the history of industrial, musique concrete, minimalism, noise and anti music is soley responsible either as in itself it was so diverse it is hard to actually place it in a box and define it, and it was itself caught up in a web of influencial feedback.

However I think the european path of techno simply isn`t as clear cut, as everyone was already dancing to techno and suddenly a name came along that labeled a sub genre of electronic dance music. There has always been a more arty side of all electronic genres in europe, slightly moreso than stateside.

Yes I do talk shit, no more than yourself though, you probably just can`t smell it as well.