Eliminating Stories of Military Heroism Goes to the The Next Stage
I guess merely ignoring soldiers’ bravery above and beyond the call of duty isn’t sufficient any more:
- Try to build a memorial to the heroics of a guy like Danny Dietz, and some people will object (HT Pundit Review) to “glorifying violence” (underlying story is here).
- Try to produce a TV show about a soldier’s incredible exploits (that would be one Johnson Beharry), and you get accused of being “too positive” (HT again to Pundit Review) about the underlying war.
In a way, I’m surprised it took this long for “controversies” like these to come to the fore.
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UPDATE: Michelle Malkin posted on Danny Dietz on Saturday. Today, she did one of her patented full-court press posts on the BBC’s spiking of the Johnson Beharry story.
One wonders how cowardly the management and staff have become when they spike a story about a true modern day hero..because it might offend a few “antiwar” listeners. I would suggest that the government finally do away with the BBC.
Comment by Chris Helcermanas-Benge — April 9, 2007 @ 2:13 pm