All a matter of taste. I rather liked the text myself. Roy is very, very conscious about resisting the barrage of cliches about Third World immigrants reinventing their happy selves via First World consumerism.
> in particular, the
> fanciful text of her speeches (she called donald rumsfeld 'the prince of
> darkness', whatever that means)
I believe the Elvish term is "Morgul-lord".
> is analytically weak and aids the
> opposition with easy targets.
Easy targets are fine, just as long as the particle beam weapon is aimed in the right direction.
-- DRR