" C'est parce que ça se passe dans le futur... " Ouch! I thought there were a bunch of quasi-arabs in some Star Trek episodes, though of course the show was preoccupied with Cold War tensions. Star Wars series on the other hand has arabs in the most derogatory positions possible. That nasty flying insect who sold the young Jedi's mom into slavery not only looked like Yassar Arafat, he/it had an arabic inflection. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html