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Originally Posted by Liviu_5
Actually leaving aside the sexual content (Mr. Ringo admitted somewhere - I think at Baen bar - that basically he worked his psychological kinks in the Paladin of Shadows aka Kildar aka Ghost series) the world view is quite mainstream conservative here in the USA and I am not sure any of the main GOP candidates would disagree with it.
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Livui,
The aspect of these books which I find so offensive is their portrayal of the Islamic faith. I can't imagine anyone condoning that viewpoint, and would certainly hope that it is NOT the "mainstream" view of the Republical Party to consider all Muslims in the way shown in these books.
It is one thing to "demonize" imaginary aliens; it's something else entirely to do the same thing to the 1bn+ believers of a major world religion. I live in an area which has a large Islamic minority population. It would make me feel very uncomfortable for one of my Muslim friends to read these books.
I'm not for a moment suggesting that these represent Mr. Ringo's own personal views. I continue to hold him in great respect as an author, but, as I say, I find these particular books extremely distasteful.