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*Detail* matters; it's where the devil is. Publishers' responsibilities are one thing, but a reading public able to resist the lure of a cliche would surely help as well. You look at the covers of those books, the marketing, and it's kind of immediately obvious what the market is, who's going to be into that stuff. Nothing that *panders* in that way can ever be authentic, irrespective of the author's identitarian credentials. Dominic On 1/27/06, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Damn, I went & read the whole thing; nasty. > > I have to agree that especially a big publisher should try to check the > basic facts; & when someone like Alexie warns them, then they really > should. > > On the other hand, in the US today it seems very few people actually > want the 'facts.' Among those who do, of course, are all the people I > know...., say, like fellow petcs.... > > Doug > On 27-Jan-06, at 3:23 AM, Dominic Fox wrote: > > > http://www.laweekly.com/index.php? > > option=com_lawcontent&task=view&id=12468&Itemid=47 > > > > The susceptibility to manipulation of multiculturalist empathy has > > partly to do with its irrational basis, but more to do with its > > irrational-ist refusal to question narratives and check facts; as if > > there were some things no-one would ever lie about, or as if it would > > be so spectacularly deviant and wicked to lie about such things that > > even to suspect this of somebody would be to do them a terrible > > injustice. And, anyway, what's a lie? What is truth? What are you, > > some sort of cop? Get out of my face, you arrogant self-appointed > > judge of the truth of other people's *authentic testimony*! What right > > have you to question me? > > > > Dominic > > > > -- > > Shall we be pure or impure? Today > > we shall be very pure. It must always > > be possible to contain > > impurities in a pure way. > > --Tarmo Uustalu and Varmo Vene > > > > > Douglas Barbour > 11655 - 72 Avenue NW > Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 > (780) 436 3320 > > it's Sappho I said, on the radio > > Daphne Marlatt > -- Shall we be pure or impure? Today we shall be very pure. It must always be possible to contain impurities in a pure way. --Tarmo Uustalu and Varmo Vene