[ItsTheMediaStupid]

Spainaird would imply you are a Spanish citizen. But then people have no problem with saying they are Irish when actually they are third or fourth generation US citizans. I think the term Latino is probably the best term, but I think some take offence to that also.

As far as Hispanic representation in Si Fi, how do you think the Irish feel. Last as I recall the only people with an Irish accent were a bunch of irish phesants being transported in STNG. Typical sterotyped poor druken dirt farmers.

[Qwinn]

Hey now, Liutenant O'Reilley was in at least a couple of original Star Trek episodes, and he was definitevely Irish :) Of course, he was "drunk" and singing and endangering the ship in one of 'em.... :/ But it's not the same thing! The whole ship was infected with a virus that made -everyone- act drunk! Heheheh... but no problem. Actually, I always thought that TNG episode with the farmers was Scotsmen, not Irishmen. If that was Irish, yeah, you got a point.

Qwinn