Guest guest Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 There's been a lot of talk lately about preparedness, and end of the World scenarios, and I've been reading some books having to do with this to discover one which uses the subject to forward the New World Order Agenda for the most part, and in my opinion actually contributes to bringing about such a debacle. The book is called, "One Second After" written by William R. Forstchen. The science premise in the book is very plausible, but I took umbrage with his positioning of "Cults" and his lack of religious tolerance, so I posted a review of the book (below) on Amazon (see: http://www.amazon.com/One-Second-After-William-Forstchen/product-reviews/0765317583/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful?ie=UTF8 & coliid= & showViewpoints=1 & colid= & sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending ) Wellllllllllll, the author himself felt he needed to respond to my critique and jumped into the fray with myself creating some interesting reading if you're up for it. You can go to the above link to read the author's response, and my rebuttal if you've an interest. Yours in Knowledge, Health, and Freedom, Doc Doc's Review I normally don't write negative reviews at all. I kinda to Thumper's line in Bambi - "If you can't say something nice, then don't say nothin' at all". For the most part I have an utter disdain of critics in all guises since I know what it takes to write a book and it ain't easy, but I felt it imperative that I make an exception in this case. Even though the science discussed in the book is very plausible, Mr. Forstchen has jumped on the Politico Band Wagon to Black PR Iranians, and North Koreans, with a veiled stab at the Chinese as the "Probable Cause" behind our possible, future debacle. Furthermore, I feel he underestimates how quickly society would self destruct if the infrastructure should collapse overnight. His story has people wandering around the country 6 months after the debacle = unreal. However, his greatest disservice to his readers lies in his xenophobic character creation of a cannibalistic, cult leading protagonist. In a time when all Hell is breaking loose with our American Economy, when American popularity is at an all time low around the globe, when tent cities are growing exponentially around this once great land of ours, Mr. Forstchen has written a work which promotes "Fear of those who are different", and then beats the same drum our political leaders are playing while using Christian rhetoric to do so. What about a little tolerance for other Ethnic Backgrounds and Creeds Mr. Forstchen??? Isn't it time we grew up and attempted to make friends with our neighbors??? After all, the World is a very small place nowadays and what happens half way across the Earth DOES affect all of us in one way or another. Ask not for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee. Sorry for the critique, but it needed to be said. Sincerely, Ian "Doc" Shillington N.D. (Retired) Attachment: vcard [not shown] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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