To: Buck W.
I understand your point, but I disagree on the impact and motivation. It's just marketing at its sleaziest, no different than Alex Haley (sp?) claiming that Roots was actually based on his ancestors' experiences. You make my point exactly. It isn't marketed as "just" a novel.
36 posted on
05/12/2006 8:34:46 AM PDT by
TomB
("The terrorist wraps himself in the world's grievances to cloak his true motives." - S. Rushdie)
To: TomB
Yeah, in hindsight that was a pretty bad example. Not changing my mind though!
42 posted on
05/14/2006 3:59:45 PM PDT by
Buck W.
(If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.)
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