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Originally Posted by Kasper Hviid
To me, there's something offputting about trying to fictionalize historical events. It can only be enjoyed if you do not care about seperating the actual events from the fiction. And I do not want to be in that state of mind. I do not want to read something without caring whether it is factual or made up.
Journalism is always trying to find an 'angle' and fitting people into neat categories of heroes, villians or victims. Isn't that pre-chewed enough? Do we really need more?
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"We?" Well, YOU apparently don't. But for "we", yeah, for many of folks, it's interesting to imagine "what if" scenarios, or to imagine details of lives, relationships and activities that history would never record.
It can get one thinking about the past in the same way that science fiction gets one thinking about the future.