Exactly. England would have gone out of the world cup regardless of that incident, so we can't blame the bite for our exit. We went out because we couldn't contain a 75% fit world class striker, and he punished us for it.
It's not like the FIFA disciplinary panel is made up entirely of England or Italy fans, is it? FIFA could have given him a 14 match international ban and been done with it. Their punishment would have been in line with those meted out by the English and Dutch FA's, nothing more would have been said. The fact that FIFA have decided to go further is their own prerogative, presumably because they agree (for once) with the overwhelmingly dominant view that biting someone on a football field is despicable and after doing it thrice a significant punishment is clearly required.
I don't think the fuss about this belittles other acts, it just shows that doing it three times is clearly ridiculous.
His first ban was 7 matches, which is about in line with the 8 game ban FIFA gave Tassotti for breaking someone's nose with an elbow. Both were off the ball actions that required a certain amount of premeditation, obviously the elbow is worse though.
His second was 12(?), about the same as Barton got for the brawl at Man City, as both took into account previous offences.
Apparently in Vietnam a player got a 28 match ban for a vicious leg breaking challenge, which somewhat puts it in perspective.
Commiserations and equal congrats to Chile, for their magnificent part in the tournament to date 
I'll try again 