It is hardly a neoteric act for me to draw your attention to the latest columns by Mark Steyn, but I'm gonna do it anyway. So there.
And, Bella, I confess that I haven't got the faintest idea what you're talking about in the beginning of your post (which just shows how out of the loop I am around here,) but thanks for the explanation, anyway. I'm a very sensitive soul, you know. ;-)