"John C. Penta" pentaj2@UofS.edu writes:
What people seem to forget:
NPOV is not a suicide pact.
NPOV is great, normally, but call a spade a spade.
Except for the delusional, Osama Bin Laden *is* a terrorist.
Except for the delusional, Mugabe, Mobutu, Qaddafi, Stalin, Lenin, and Pol Pot...ARE dictators.
Except for the delusional, the Supreme Courts decision to halt the Florida Presidential election count was undemocratic.
Except for the delusional, the US-Mexican War (1846--1848), the Spanish American War, the establishment of Panama (and the Canal Zone) and the annexation of the Philippines were acts of US expansionist aggresion.
Except for the delusional, Woodrow Wilson was an unashamed racist who segretated federal buildings.
And yet, weirdly, no-one demands that we call "a spade a spade" in these articles.