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Originally Posted by Yapyap
There's been a number of "stupid Liberals" remarks in the first book so far and at least one person who was presented as clearly delusional as blaming the Bush administration for this or that.
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That is a true statement, if you lived here in the states there a lot of "News stories" or politicians of a progressive/socialist nature blaming this or that on President Bush.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
In several of his books he has characters refer to Arabs as "ragheads". As someone who spends a lot of time in North Africa and the Middle East and had many Arab friends I find this extremely offensive. Perhaps it doesn't represent Mr Ringo's own views, but I don't think this kind of racial slur enhances his books.
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Whenever he refers to "ragheads" they are inconfident soldiers or terrorists, nothing racial about that--it is a comment on their ability or political beliefs. Remember that he lived in Iran a teenager.
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
The same segment also rips on the right fringe, you know? The cranks blaming it on the trilateral commission, references to tranzis, etc. He's on his best behavior. 
Ringo is a soldier and a military expert.
Everything he does is going to be colored by what he sees.
And I suspect this series exists because he can't help but roll his eyes at most of the "surviving a zombie apocalypse" booRemember that he lived in Iran a teenager.ks out there.
He's saying, "This is what it takes to survive a zombie apocalypse. Good luck all you Resident Evil and Zombieland fans..." And, at that, he is purposefully understanding the horror to stay within the bounds of the target audience.
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Ditto
bernie