More on John Ringo's Ghost

John Ringo’s Ghost is a fictional representation a US Navy Seal, written and published during a war in which US Navy Seals confront an enemy both ruthless and determined to destroy anything American.

As a third generation American combat veteran, I want John Ringo to issue a public statement explaining his position on the pedophilic rape and sodomizing of a 15 year old slave girl his protagonist Mike Harmon buys for, obviously, his own brutality. He uses her instead of killing someone (pages 440-449) (which do you believe to be worse, Mr. Ringo?).

Does the author mean to condone such behavior? Does he in any way think these acts are something an ex-Seal might do, so wink wink, look the other way? Does the author understand that teenage boys read his books? Does he understand that many people who look on our great nation in a bad light might read this? Does he want them to think Baen Books and therefore the American mainstream publishing industry and through them, the rest of us agree with Ringo’s depiction of an Ex-Seal? To these people, like it nor not, fiction can and will be used as propaganda fact.

Ex-Seal or not, Ringo’s protagonist is not a man George W Bush (clearly portrayed as President Cliff) would back and encourage, let alone pay millions. In fact, linking approval of pedophilia to the US government even in a fictitious setting, is reprehensible.