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Originally Posted by HarryT
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.
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I do not think that the terrorists described in those book are representative of the Islamic faith; there are so many mainstream books with blood thirsty inquisitors, bishops, Christian fundamentalists and I do not think they would be perceived as an attack on the Christian faith either. They are just action packed thrillers with a standard set of kill on sight BAD GUYS, books that I usually avoid, though this series kept me entertained for the first 3 volumes, though volume 4 while considered the best I barely read through and I have not read yet volume 5 since the "kill the muj, bed the girls" got boring after a while.
Several decades ago there would have been (and were in quite a few books) the bad commies, now the bad terrorists, who knows several decades from now who will be THE enemy...
Actually I am very excited about
The Last Centurion and the description of the first female president is not quite flattering (and it is quite explicit at whom it refers to); now it's a long way till Nov 08, but I may vote for her if nominated, depends on what the match will be - does this make me fill bad or uncomfortable (after all in the book from the snippets available she is directly responsible for a large part of the SARS death toll) - no since it's just a book.
Will I enjoy the book - yes, most likely...