User talk:Tprager

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Timothy Prager[edit]

Are you the subject of the article Timothy Prager? Thanks in advance for your reply - KillerChihuahua^?!?Advice 15:01, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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You may also like to read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. KillerChihuahua^?!?Advice 22:23, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments however I think I am pretty well placed to know what the content of the film was - and am fairly horrified that others reduce it to a is Wakefield "right or wrong" discussion. The critical reaction to the drama was mixed - it received praise as well as criticism. When I can figure out how to cite the various positive reviews I will. It is alarming that people with particular agendas seem to hijack Wikipedia sites and do not exercise the objectivity you appear to encourage in your earlier comments.Tprager (talk) 03:33, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK, Tim, I will make my own views clear from the start. I remember watching the play when it was shown. I felt it was the most replusive, morally bankrupt and intellectually dishonest drama that I have ever seen. So, you see, my views on the matter are quite stong. Remembering my anger still makes me nauseous. What I found repellant was the way the audience was emotionally manipulated to support the unsupportable. I think everyone who was involved with it should hang their heads in shame forever. At the very least, now that the truth is clear, the facts should be accepted honestly. Your attempts to weasel your way out of the truth with nonsense such as "no definitive proof has yet been found linking the MMR to the onset of autism" are wholly unacceptable outright distortions of the truth. There is no link. The last sentence of your initial addition is pure baloney: "Ironically, such a link was never made in either Wakefield's Lancet paper nor in the film "Hear the Silence"." The drama made the link consistently thoughout - from the very first scenes. You know it. You wrote it. Now you try to deny it. Paul B (talk) 08:27, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Paul, if your views are that strong you should probably not be editing the article either. Please remember to maintain a neutral POV. KillerChihuahua^?!?Advice 23:46, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

September 2011[edit]

Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of published material to articles as you apparently did to Timothy Prager. Please cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. Thank you. I understand you are the subject of this article; please understand we cannot publish your original thoughts and views here. KillerChihuahua^?!?Advice 23:45, 20 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]