Re the Sherlock Holmes story (which was written for me). You know, my first reaction when I read it was much the same as yours. I was on the phone with a friend right after I finished it and I told her I was at a loss about what to say. The story was extremely well-written (and I gather from comments in my own LJ that the author knows this period and political situation well and is extremely sympathetic to the Balinese position), but it was also making me extremely uncomfortable for the reasons you note above.
In the end, I thought about the source material and about how very true-to-those voices this story was (it *is* Watson's pov, after all) and I recced it (although noting my discomfort in the rec). But I do know what you're saying...and I wonder whether I'd be quite so complacent if it had been, say, an evil money-grubbing Jewish villain at the heart of the story instead.
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Date: 2003-12-31 09:08 pm (UTC)In the end, I thought about the source material and about how very true-to-those voices this story was (it *is* Watson's pov, after all) and I recced it (although noting my discomfort in the rec). But I do know what you're saying...and I wonder whether I'd be quite so complacent if it had been, say, an evil money-grubbing Jewish villain at the heart of the story instead.