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theinfophile's review
Let me begin by saying this book has some wonderful, detailed information about rum, rum's history, and the world's history as affected by rum. It strayed from the point here and there, and I was disappointed to not read anything about the alleged court case in 1970 over the invention of the Mai Tai (they say the court ruled in favor of Trader Vic). For the information in the book, solid 4 stars.
But why, you ask, does it get one star? Well, it gets one star because if I could give negative stars, I would. I try extremely hard to not judge a book by its author, so much so that if reading something from a new-to-me author, I will not read the author bio until I finish the book, if at all.
But I started to get a little uneasy around Chapter 9: Rum as Sacrament: Voodoo and Obeah. There were little things in the writing that showed biased reverence toward Christianity and Catholicism over the other religions, if even so subtle as how a god is referred to. So, I broke my own rule and read the author bio and lo! he has a lot of Catholic-centric writing under his belt.
Sneaky.
Or not sneaky. Just, I guess, naive of me to think that a book about rum might be safe from some tones.
And then, it was just downhill from there. The blatant insinuation that the choices to terminate a pregnancy or the choice to use contraception is indicative of shitty morals. The FUCKING AUDACITY that taxes on condoms and contraceptives should be dubbed "sin taxes," a label which already bothers me. And the the cherry on top, the fucking cherry on top for me was the phrase "terminating a fetus." One chooses to terminate a PREGNANCY. Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know there are many other people who are fine with this sort of bias. It's just not for me. And yes, I know I'm going to get a bunch of you self-righteous, sexually frustrated haters commenting on this review, even though it's likely I know more about Catholicism than you do.
Maybe along with spewing hateful comments, you can pray for me! Bring a dollar to church and light a candle for me, etc. etc.
But why, you ask, does it get one star? Well, it gets one star because if I could give negative stars, I would. I try extremely hard to not judge a book by its author, so much so that if reading something from a new-to-me author, I will not read the author bio until I finish the book, if at all.
But I started to get a little uneasy around Chapter 9: Rum as Sacrament: Voodoo and Obeah. There were little things in the writing that showed biased reverence toward Christianity and Catholicism over the other religions, if even so subtle as how a god is referred to. So, I broke my own rule and read the author bio and lo! he has a lot of Catholic-centric writing under his belt.
Sneaky.
Or not sneaky. Just, I guess, naive of me to think that a book about rum might be safe from some tones.
And then, it was just downhill from there. The blatant insinuation that the choices to terminate a pregnancy or the choice to use contraception is indicative of shitty morals. The FUCKING AUDACITY that taxes on condoms and contraceptives should be dubbed "sin taxes," a label which already bothers me. And the the cherry on top, the fucking cherry on top for me was the phrase "terminating a fetus." One chooses to terminate a PREGNANCY. Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know there are many other people who are fine with this sort of bias. It's just not for me. And yes, I know I'm going to get a bunch of you self-righteous, sexually frustrated haters commenting on this review, even though it's likely I know more about Catholicism than you do.
Maybe along with spewing hateful comments, you can pray for me! Bring a dollar to church and light a candle for me, etc. etc.
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