The "logic" of it rests on some pretty strong premises that (presumably) MAR Barker was sympathetic to, but that I would have thought many people reject.
M.A.R. Barker, author of Tekumel, also author of Neo-Nazi book?
MGibster
Legend
In my freshman year at university, my anthropology 101 professor said, "When I say something [the rules of a society] makes sense, that doesn't mean I agree with it or even like it. It means that when you take into account what they believe and what they're trying to accomplish, even rules that seem outlandish to us will make more sense." We were talking about the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path of Buddhism but it pretty much applies to any belief system.
And while I don't see many people clamoring for a system of enfranchisement that resembles anything from either the book or movie adaptation of Starship Troopers. I don't think you need to worry about people embracing such a system any time soon.
jasper
Rotten DM
Writers write for money. So yes soft porn = pro nazi = star wars porn = whatever.
I amused y'all are griping about a DEAD man.
billd91
Not your screen monkey (he/him)
To the point where you're griping about other people griping about a dead man?
jasper
Rotten DM
Yes. Yes. Indeed. Have to do something while waiting on doing the medical taxi cab this week.
Willie the Duck
Hero
I am utterly amazed at the posts that seem to find the fact that Barker is dead even remotely relevant. Back when I was reading EPT in the 80s, the fact that Barker was alive made very little difference to me either. As I posited to the last person who did this, should we also be withholding praise for dead authors, or does this only apply to gripes? Or heck, can you just provide a simple argument for why the author being dead has any bearing on the discussion, its' appropriateness, or why that makes you so amused? As it stands, it just seems like a non sequitur.
jasper
Rotten DM
He is dead. Why did the OP post about a dead person who works are no longer being used or well liked? The OP posted to get responses, I will post an amusing response. Anything else I could have post would not be nice.
darjr
I crit!
The link to this was posted privately in Facebook. It’s an attempt at a defense of M.A.R. Barker.
However it actually makes it worse for me. He knew how bad this book was so much so he kept it secret to not upset people. And it was written in the 80s as he took a while shopping it around.
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However it actually makes it worse for me. He knew how bad this book was so much so he kept it secret to not upset people. And it was written in the 80s as he took a while shopping it around.
Was Professor M A R Barker a Nazi?
No, of course he wasn't a Nazi. But if you were unlucky enough to get caught in the stampede of denunciation this week you might have got th...
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AnotherGuy
Hero
Well according to the letter he described some Jewish friends of his as nice people.The link to this was posted privately in Facebook. It’s an attempt at a defense of M.A.R. Barker.
However it actually makes it worse for me. He knew how bad this book was so much so he kept it secret to not upset people. And it was written in the 80s as he took a while shopping it around.
Was Professor M A R Barker a Nazi?
No, of course he wasn't a Nazi. But if you were unlucky enough to get caught in the stampede of denunciation this week you might have got th...
Was he a Nazi? I do suspect it and frankly that’s really bad.
The summary of the book, at least as described in this linked post, sounds terribly uninteresting and frankly rubbish from my perspective. Then again I'm not familiar with his work.
