Talk:Stolen Valor

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[edit] Got rid of one negative review and cropped the other for balance

When I discovered this page, I was dismayed to see that the majority of it was taken up by two very emotional and accusatory negative reviews by individuals either members of or sympathizing with "Vietnam Veterans Against the War" (an organization that Stolen Valor attacked for a broad range of behavior). Anyway, it seemed more than a little unbalanced to have a one paragraph positive review and about seven paragraphs of strident negative reviews. So for parity, I cropped out the longest and most hysterical review and left the other one in place.

Approximately two-thirds of the current article's text is comprised of a long, personal attack on the subject written by Bobby "Indy Thinker" Hanafin, and added by Wikipedia user IndyThinker. Therefore, I added the neutrality dispute template. NWahl 05:36, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] terminology

supporters of America's role in Vietnam	opponents of America's role in Vietnam
right-wing pro-war pundits	anti-war critics

The tendency of liberal America is to consider itself moderate or center of the road, while portraying conservatives as right-wing or far right.

Conservatives look on liberals as left-wing.

Note also how pro-war carries the connotation of being in favor of war in general, as if they like battles and death and suffering and the disruption and hardship on civilians. Meanwhile anti-war carries the connotation of favoring peace, life, and health, freedom and prosperity.

The question is, whether victory in a just war can bring peace, life, and health, freedom and prosperity - or whether only surrender can bring these good things? Uncle Ed 02:05, 26 October 2005 (UTC)