Confused English football fans have suddenly found themselves spectators at other people’s culture wars, namely a French debate about the meaning of a particular arm movement. It is called a quenelle, and it consists of pointing the right arm downwards, palm open, and placing the left hand on the right shoulder. The row only crossed the Channel when the French international Nicolas Anelka, currently playing for West Bromwich Albion, made the sign after scoring a goal in a match against West Ham. The Football Association has formally charged him with making an abusive gesture, and threatened him with a five-match suspension because in France the quenelle is regarded by many as anti-Semitic. Some say it means something sexual, or it might be an inverted form of a Nazi salute. But it i