Is this really necessary?

[thewiseguy]

Robert L Howard, the most decorated Vietnam war veteran passed away today so I went to check his Wikipedia page and this is what I saw:

Robert L. Howard
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He supported the criminal American war machine. He shouldn't be honored.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Howard

So I am left with this question, is this really necessary? :eyes:

[AllentownJake]

1. Nope it isn't necessary

[Orrex]

2. wiki vandals are always quick to pounce

Necessary? Certainly not.

Predictable? Unfortunately yes.

[Oregone]

3. Not sure. Can America's action in Vietnam be classified as "criminal"

Did he support such a war machine?


Im sure they could of been fair and left in exactly what support he provided. Just no details...such a shame

[Bicoastal]

9. Does merely fighting in a war make you a supporter of it?

I'd say you're more a supporter of the security and safety of yourself and your comrades-in-arms than anything else.

The supporters of wars are the leaders who start them in the first place.

[Oregone]

15. Uh, sorta. In the materially, direct, non-figurative sense of the word "support", yes

Id like to see those old crows conduct a war like that with no soldiers to support their effort. They are sorta a necessary ingredient, you know.



Its kind of shitty to take a dump on his death day and all, as well as delete the other info, but, well, its tough to refute that sentence alone.

[Bicoastal]

18. Well, under those terms, we're ALL part of the War machine, being taxpayers of this country...

...so why not smear everyone's bio with that shit? Why single out a guy who was so highly decorated because he administered first aid under fire to the wounded in his platoon even though he was wounded himself?

[Oregone]

19. "Why single out a guy who.."

It was probably the best example of the recognition of a hero of an unjust war. Don't be coy. Its obvious why whoever did it singled this person out.

[Bicoastal]

20. No, I don't think it's obvious at all.

The person who wrote what they did clearly didn't bother to do any research on the guy--on the wounds he suffered, on the fellow soldiers he saved. He saved lives under duress--in an awful, illegal war, yes, but he saved lives. I'm willing to bet that's far more than the idiot who vandalized his Wiki page ever did.

Their thought process was one of "Oh, highly decorated Vietnam vet? Babykiller! Let's piss on his grave!" How pathetic.

[Berry Cool]

4. Disgusting.

All our service people deserve respect and honor for their service to our country.

[phasma ex machina]

22. +1

[thewiseguy]

5. why would anyone unrec this thread?

Do you actually support the work of Wiki vandals?

[Bicoastal]

6. It's fixed now. But GODDAMN IT...some people have no clue

that they're playing directly into RW hands when they do stupid, stereotype-confirming shit like this--if it was in fact posted in earnest.

[Enrique]

8. yeah I noticed how it confirms the stereotype

confirms it real good.

[ipaint]

11. Liberals???

Got a link proving who posted that on the wiki page.

[Bicoastal]

14. Point conceded. Post changed.

[Enrique]

7. could easily be a fake

some conservative hawk sees that Howard dies, and decides to show how liberals hate the troops.

[Echo In Light]

10. Yep, b/c as everyone knows, we lefties opposed to war$ for moral reasons "HATE" troops

Quackity-quack-quack

(I agree with you ;) )

[StarfarerBill]

12. Good point: the Right has always employed excellent agents provocateurs.

[Bicoastal]

13. I hate to say it, but a very few liberals actually do...

...when they don't like the war the troops are fighting in. I've occasionally seen it at this very site, although the offending threads are usually shouted down and locked.

It could be a fake, but if it was posted in earnest, I honestly wouldn't be too shocked.

[Posteritatis]

21. And there's people on this very site who vocally do as well

It's not always Republican spies or whatnot, any more than it's liberal plants saying some of the wackier things on the right.

[blogslut]

16. Sad, isn't it?

There's nothing more pitiful than some anonymous loser who considers virtual poo slinging to be a productive activity.

[chrisa]

17. Probably another hacker wannabe, or 12-year old grey hat wannabes.