Sorry. I completely undertsand why it makes you uncomfortable, since it tends to make me uncomfortable too. I would just like to say that I'm not objecting to Aliette who is by all accounts a nice person, but to de Bodard who has benefitted from French societal issues, if that makes sense? idk. Mostly I want you to know that if I ever go full grump on this subject again, it's all to do with my own issues. /drops subject

I don't think I can talk about what's wrong (so far) with the portrayal of Paris without touching the subject dropped above, so I will have to drop it too.

And Now For Something Completely Different! Can you explain the Morgan poem, please? Because I didn't get it and now I feel like an uncultured slob.