@haq
There's a while conversation around consent and also power dynamics.
I don't think consent can be given under the threat of a sword, or tradition, especially when you don't know what the consequences of what you gave consent for.
Plus Vlad really is emblematic of the f*boy.
@haq
To some extent THUD and SNUFF are good political dynamics and exploitation explorations as well.
Sometimes I do feel that Politicians should have a grounding in Pratchett as well as the classics.
@onepict Yes, I re-read Jingo, Fifth Elephant, and Night Watch because they're good but also because I hadn't read Snuff yet and wanted a run-up. My last ever "new" Discworld novel is (edit to correct title) Shepherd's Crown (/edit), so I was planning to re-read the earlier Tiffany Aching books beforehand and as Carpe Jugulum is the last Witches book pre-Aching I can add that too. I read a lot so an extra light novel here and there is easily achievable.
I didn't think Snuff was up to snuff, which is understandable under the circumstances, but I'm glad we were allowed to have it, and there are a few classic quotables. I don't remember much about Thud, but there's good stuff about politics (and rulers) all the way back through the Watch books.
@onepict This was one of my favourite quotes from Snuff by Terry Pratchett:
"Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'."
