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Originally Posted by KarlKlein
I believe this was an announcement for a new book not a forum for some ignorant Yankee ranting about something he knows nothing about.
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Who died and made you Alex?
You already ticked me off by using the "warning" icon on your post because, apparently, you're extra-special and your book announcement needs more attention than others. Starting your own miniature tragedy of the commons there....
Then there's the book: as Ardeegee said, I liked it when it was called
Guns of the South. Someone is going to have to be pretty persuasive to convince me they can do better what Harry Turtledove, a gentleman and a scholar, did so well. Even more persuasive, actually, since any reference to "unknown facts" tends to peg my bogometer.
After that, you are not only angry about discussion taking place in a discussion forum -- you do realize, I hope, that MobileRead is a discussion forum, and it is as a service to the members, not random book marketers, that this particular section exists? -- but you take it upon yourself to lay down rules for MR members, an authority that belongs in the hands of Alex and the mods.
And finally, you, brand-new member with the e-ink on your forum registration still wet, consider it appropriate to insult other forum members, people who have been around long enough to know the rules and abide by them -- two things which seem to be beyond your ability. You did read the posting rules, right? And you looked at other threads to see what kinds of things take place here? You learned a bit about MobileRead before you posted? Didn't you? Or did you just decide this would be a good place to slap up an ad for your Harry Turtledove ripoff with its "unknown facts"?
Congratulations, you've now alienated a large percentage of your potential readers. If marching into a book club meeting, announcing how "special" you are, and then insulting members who politely disagree with the historical premise of your book, works for you then go do it in offline world, where people can have the satisfaction of seeing you escorted to the door.