Deadly Viper Character Assassins Participant's Guide: A Kung Fu Survival Guide for Life and Leadership [Paperback]

Mike Foster & Jud Wilhite (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan; Student/Stdy Gde edition (October 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310319927
• ISBN-13: 978-0310319924
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,131,107 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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54 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Addressing some good issues with a serious flaw, November 4, 2009

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W. Reed (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deadly Viper Character Assassins: A Kung Fu Survival Guide for Life and Leadership (Hardcover)

Marketing on racial stereotypes can seem inventive/creative from a majority culture perspective while unintentionally and somewhat obliviously being extremely hurtful to others. Integrity demands that we recognize our blind spots when they arise.

It is important to realize that sin and the hurt it inflicts is often not our intent. There should be grace for that. There should also be integrity that is willing to lose face and lose profits when the error is brought to light.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yeah, be offended its happnin!, January 11, 2011

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Brt - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Deadly Viper Character Assassins (Hardcover)

As a Superhero I'm certainly offended! Racial insensitivity goes well beyond racial. I can't believe the authors were willing only to present these assassin murderers and ignore those efforts in defeating the forces of evil and upholding truth, justice, and the American Way. The theme and the application of that theme reveal a serious insensitivity to Superhero Culture and to the greater Hero Community as a whole. I praise you for the content of the book, we need to raise up mortal humans, like yourself, not to become cronies to the diabolical forces of darkness that continue to corrupt our metropolis. But the way in which you choose to co-opt Superhero culture in inappropriate ways is not acceptable.

Due to the fact that you are mortals and not Superheroes, you have no business exploiting us in the marketing of your book. What gives you the authority to represent our culture as solely full of venom and diabolic? Don't forget us good guys at the Hall of Justice, the most powerful forces of good ever assembled!

Now, I perfectly understand that nobody will read it; certainly, no juvenile human male would dare to crack the cover, but can't you just write a status quo boring book on character? You'll notice that there are a number of us Superfriends that take offense at the ways you misuse the category assassin. While there are Assassins from the Legion of Doom, there also exist Assassins of Justice that partner across the cosmic reaches of the universe to save the day! You also confuse aspects of the Superfriends Justice League with the X-Men. These are two very distinct and ancient cartoons that you should have taken the time to understand before using as a fun way to market your product.

So what can we learn from this?

#1) Only if you are from a particular culture can you write or even mention it. Yes, you should completely ignore or reject that cultural characteristics even exist to begin with.

#2) I should be extremely offended by Larry the Cable Guy given the location I live and my cultural background.

#3) Since cultural stereotyping is absolutely wrong; Christ needs to repent for stereotyping the Pharisees and Sadducees by their religious culture of the day.

Yeah, it's that stupid.


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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect book for men AND women in leadership positions, December 6, 2009

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Kelly S. Wallace "Eric Wallace" (Newark, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deadly Viper Character Assassins: A Kung Fu Survival Guide for Life and Leadership (Hardcover)

I was given this book by a colleague that used it in a christian men's group. I absolutely could not put it down. I was instantly convicted by some of the anecdotal stories that were used to illustrate character failures that people can succumb to if they allow themselves to be consumed by their own delusional egos. I read this book not once but twice with rapt interest, seeing my very own past, and dare I say, present faults and failures. As a christian man, it occurred to me yet again that christian men need each other! I immediately purchased eight copies and will be ordering another ten soon, for other men in my life that I know will find benefit from the brutally honest advice that this book offers. I will close with this, I recently called up one of the men that I gave a copy of this book to and asked what he thought. He said "I hate this book AND I love this book". He went on to say that he too was convicted by the message. So if you are a person that is in a leadership position and you are interested in sharping your character tools, buy this book.