habits of a nation

So here it comes, the other point of view.
I've been working 10+ hours days for the last couple of days, and yes it's saturday. And yes, I have to go in tomorrow on sunday for what is probably gonna be one of the worse days so far. They've got me working like a horse which most of the time doesn't bother me cause I know "that is what is expected of me". But then I think "That shit ain't right. People should be allowed to have lives!".
Where is the point that you put an end to this? I know in this country its regular (especially in my field) to work to all ends of the night every day. Shit, my boss still does it. I see him on IM almost every night when i'm at home just playing around on the computer/doing my own work. Is that right? Is that the way it should be?
Am I saying this because i'm lazy and don't want to work 60/70 hours a week or is it because my fellow country men get all the perks of two months vacation and 38 hour work weeks? Do they over work their designers in europe too? Do they have never ending days and weekends like we do here? Is it just a designers life to be worked till you want to just give up but you have nothing to give yourself up to cause all you've done is just work your entire life away?
Either way, if i ever make it past all this to seventy (which if you know me you know i don't think i will. Extra prize for the person who can tell me the age I keep saying i'm going to die) I know what i'll be doing. Hello CDF and hello to being young again. I'll fight even if it's just for a day.