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Should I feel offended?

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Dina:
They are not French. They have Spanish names, including names of people we know.
As I said in another thread, there was a French name (besides Bayard) but I don't remember who, so I don't know where he was from. Perhaps a vermi...I forgot the right name of those people.

Tsunami:
Maybe Butcher should start putting the usual disclaimer into his books...   ::)
All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
In this case:
"All nation-like constructs (i.e. "Spires") are fictitious. Any resemblance to real nations, modern or historical, is purely coincidental."  ;D

I've read so many versions of the "evil Germany" story. Some written well, some written crappy. None offended me, because they were obviously  fictious.
Ok, maybe the crappy ones offended... my taste in literature :P

Take the story and the world for what it is, a story. You will always be able to find something that could be taken as offensive to someone.
They eat meat! Offensive to Vegetarians.
They have talking cats! Offensive to dog lovers.
They have an aristocracy! Offensive to egalitarians.

I am overweight, 95% of overweight people in literature and other media are made out to be jokes, and that includes Butchers work.
Do i let that offend me personally? No.

Just let the story be a story, it's not the real world.

Sorry for the rant.
I will leave you to it.
Have a nice day :-)

namkcas:
Actually, I don't think that they were meant to be fictionalized.  But if you look at the way people are portrayed the Auroran's are honorable and highly skilled.  The actual "bad" people in the story are from Albion.

Quantus:
To the OP, has this view changed at all once you and/or your husband have completed the novel, and so reached the parts that highlight the honorable nature of the Aurorans?

Dina:
I had not been offended, only he was. And he has not finished it yet.
That said, I don't think that changes. As I said, the problem is not the actual characters, but the stereotype about the government.
And again, this is not a history book, it is probably a book about the future. So because there was a bad government all future governments would be bad?

namkas, everybody is bad. I don't think there is good people in the book. Perhaps brother Vincent

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