Talk:Waging Heavy Peace

Ambiguous source attribution

The Interior, please tell me which statement(s) within The New York Times article support(s) the assertion that they "approved of the affirmative, positive tone of Young's recollections". Thank you.—John Cline (talk) 06:17, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

Hey John. That bit reflected several statements towards the bottom of the Maslin piece, specifically: "But “Waging Heavy Peace” has an affirmative spirit that is one of its most poignant qualities. The particular challenges that have faced Mr. Young and his wife, Pegi, in raising the son they call Ben Young, “our spastic, quadriplegic, nonverbal spiritual leader,” are discussed openly but without pathos." and, "Mr. Young has faced so many serious health crises of his own — polio, epilepsy, surgery for a brain aneurysm that prompted him to quickly record one of his most haunting albums, “Prairie Wind,” knowing that it might be his last — that he has learned not to accentuate the negative. But as for mistakes he has made, he treats “Waging Heavy Peace” as a chance to acknowledge them." The Interior (Talk) 14:35, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. I don't know how I missed seeing that myself when reviewing the reference, but did. The reason I was looking to verify the statement was because "positive" seems nearly redundant to "affirmative" in its synonymous context; I was hoping perhaps "optimistic" could be substituted. The source however, doesn't seem to imply optimism so its inclusion would stretch reasonable extrapolation into an arena of unsupportable synthesis. Notwithstanding these, the article is very well written and I am all the more better for having read it. Cheers.—John Cline (talk) 23:09, 22 October 2013 (UTC)