Michael - I suppose I do lay myself open to the charge of sexism. The running joke about Samhat the Harlot always wanting to put curtains up is borderline sexist, and of course the idea that she's basically prepared to have sex with anybody no matter what they're like. In my defence I would say that the source text isn't exactly politically correct, and more to the point that I don't believe in making fun of all the men but treating the women with veneration - I prefer to make fun of everybody. I would also say that as the story unfolds Samhat turns out to be one of the more grounded characters. Ultimately people must judge for themselves whether the effect of the characterisation is demeaning or not, which is the real litmus-test. I don't think it is, but then if I did think it was I wouldn't have done it like that in the first place.
I respect you for saying what you think, though. (Grinds teeth in repressed fury, and crosses Michael off his Christmas-card list for next year.) - Edward _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
