Rod: I agree with you re: Elitism. I discussed here and elsewhere.

Re: the French eatery. I like the story because, when in doubt, it’s always best to err on the side of annoying the French. But, yes, in theory I agree that high standards of decorum in nice places are worthwhile.

Steve: Re: invisible hard to spell metals. Excellent point. However, we know that the Air Force invented it because Star Trek IV stunk and therefore did not actually transpire in the Trek universe. Playing games like that with the temporal prime directive — please!