> I don't really understand why people treat de Sade's writing as different than any other run-of-the-mill elaborate fetish fiction. I'm pretty sure the genera

> I don't really understand why people treat de Sade's writing as different than any other run-of-the-mill elaborate fetish fiction. I'm pretty sure the general public ("people") would burn him at the stake today, too. His writings are pushed by a tiny subset of "people". I also question the characterization of his work as "fetish fiction". It remains to be determined if his imaginal musings were prompted by his clear hatred of nature or whether his frustrated lust ultimately dressed up in a pseudo intellectual garb to cover its rather banal impulses.