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<blockquote data-quote="Belen" data-source="post: 9582977" data-attributes="member: 1405">I did not read it as passing judgement and the poster admitted that English is a second language.I think it is a problem is a person cannot handle reading about differing viewpoints. Note: I am not lumping in trauma issues like being a survivor of a trauma and not being able to read those items. I fully understand why that is an issue.I tend to read a lot of sf&amp;f and I am constantly seeing authors try weird scenarios or civilizations. I never take it as a &quot;this is the way the author thinks is best.&quot; I take it as an exploration of a path that a civilization could take. I like sf&amp;f because it often explores different human conditions or ideas through the eyes of an outsider. I think that the poster is saying that if you are not reading something because you cannot handle being confronted with different perspectives or ideas, then that is an issue. Note: I am not going to read Nazi propaganda etc either. If the book is explicitly trying to say &quot;this is the way and it is right etc&quot;, then I get it. That is a bit different if the book is trying to convince you that evil is good.I do think there are perfectly valid reasons for not engaging with content. I had to put down the Game of Thrones series, for example, because I do not want to read graphic depictions of child abuse. If an author gets too graphic, then I am not going to keep reading. If a book is very poorly written or edited, then I am not going to read it either.If a story is engaging though, then I would not put it down because I found that some characters or civilizations have differing viewpoints.Of course, I read to see the good guys win so I am generally turned off by grim, gritty.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Belen, post: 9582977, member: 1405"] I did not read it as passing judgement and the poster admitted that English is a second language. I think it is a problem is a person cannot handle reading about differing viewpoints. [I]Note: I am not lumping in trauma issues like being a survivor of a trauma and not being able to read those items. I fully understand why that is an issue.[/I] I tend to read a lot of sf&f and I am constantly seeing authors try weird scenarios or civilizations. I never take it as a "this is the way the author thinks is best." I take it as an exploration of a path that a civilization could take. I like sf&f because it often explores different human conditions or ideas through the eyes of an outsider. I think that the poster is saying that if you are not reading something because you cannot handle being confronted with different perspectives or ideas, then that is an issue. [I]Note: I am not going to read Nazi propaganda etc either. If the book is explicitly trying to say "this is the way and it is right etc", then I get it. That is a bit different if the book is trying to convince you that evil is good.[/I] I do think there are perfectly valid reasons for not engaging with content. I had to put down the Game of Thrones series, for example, because I do not want to read graphic depictions of child abuse. If an author gets too graphic, then I am not going to keep reading. If a book is very poorly written or edited, then I am not going to read it either. If a story is engaging though, then I would not put it down because I found that some characters or civilizations have differing viewpoints. Of course, I read to see the good guys win so I am generally turned off by grim, gritty. [/QUOTE]

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