Blogger Will Duquette sends this along:

Apparently my review of Dies the Fire by S.M. Stirling left Mapletree7 of the blog A Book A Day at a loss for words. I had said the following:

I was also interested in Stirling’s choice of Wiccans as his protagonists. Juniper Mackenzie is kind, intelligent, and clearly sincere about her Wiccan religion; and the fact that she practices what she preaches leads many other characters to adopt Wicca as the book progresses. I find that troubling.

You can re-read the entire review if you like. Mapletree7’s entire response:

I find it sad that a positive description of characters following a different religion is ‘troubling’.

I’m not sure what to make of this. Does he (or she, I know not, and “it” seems rude) think that I’ve transgressed the bounds of politeness by criticizing someone else’s religion? Have I been–gasp–intolerant? Or does she (or he) think that I’d have been happier if the Wiccans in the tale were demonized rather than praised? I dunno, as Maple7 hasn’t indicated. Consequently, rather than imagining what his or her specific concerns might be, I’ll elaborate on my statement a bit.