throopw@sheol.UUCP (Wayne Throop) (03/24/91)
> dac@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au (Andrew Clayton) > It's my opinion, It really seems much more like a prejudice than an opinion, especially based on the rather striking lack of relevant justification for a charge of "racism". > His prating over the editorial changes by Dagliesh. His fear and loathing of > Scribners publishing. His monomaniacal infatuation with building houses and > putting bomb shelters in them. These are trivial points, certainly not enough to support calling Heinlein a racist, or even a "fool". I'd say "He that is without sin, cast the first stone..." but I might not enjoy the response. > [...] universe that Heinlein > created, that treated people, countries and planets in a way that Heinlein > would have preferred, and in a way that was safe only for the elite few. Even if this is accurate, elitism is not the same as racism. In fact, all the examples people have brought up specific to racism are, when examined closely, remarkably race-neutral. And as to the accuracy: material in (for examples) _Friday_ (in the encounter with the rural farming family) and _Misfit_ (in his earlier work) provide good foundation to doubt that Heinlein was even an elitist. -- Wayne Throop ...!mcnc!dg-rtp!sheol!throopw
sparks@power.viewlogic.com (Alan Sparks) (03/31/91)
In article <1494@sheol.UUCP> throopw@sheol.UUCP (Wayne Throop) writes: >> dac@prolix.pub.uu.oz.au (Andrew Clayton) >> It's my opinion, > >It really seems much more like a prejudice than an opinion, >especially based on the rather striking lack of relevant justification >for a charge of "racism". > [Much stuff deleted] >Wayne Throop ...!mcnc!dg-rtp!sheol!throopw What's this doing in comp.lang.c? -- Alan Sparks voice: (508) 480-0881 Internet: sparks@viewlogic.com VIEWlogic Systems Inc., 293 Boston Post Rd. W., Marlboro MA 01752 Disclaimer: VIEWlogic didn't say this; I might have. Who's asking?