Talk:V. O. Key Jr.

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I do not edit to disparage Key's book; but "great" is cheap praise, which can be easily discounted. Look at the articles on non-notable books on AfD, and see how many of them are called "great" by their fans. The merits of the volume, even as little as is said here, are more effective and memorable in making the case for it; see WP:Peacock. Septentrionalis 23:31, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think people ought to read a book before commenting on it. Rjensen 21:23, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Leaping to conclusions again, I see. If I thought the book worthless, I would have left the implication of crankishness alone. Septentrionalis 02:49, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

let's not be coy--have you read the book or not? I read it years ago (all 3 editions) Rjensen 15:36, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that's two more editions than me; do they vary much? I recall an eminently respectable textbook, in a blue binding; with a fine bloom of anecdotes, including George Washington Plunkitt, a distinct animus against Populists, and a patriotic warning to businessmen not to believe that Fascists would solve their problems: Fascists will indeed take the power of the poor to soak the rich, and the rich to grind the poor; and when they have those powers, they'll use them for themselves. The anecdotage should probably be added to the respective articles, if you have a copy to hand. Septentrionalis 16:40, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see that according to this Wikipedia article, mr. Key's first name was "Valdimer" and that he was born in Texas. However, I was recently told that Key's first name was in fact "Vladimir" and that he was in fact a Russian immigrant, but that he rarely disclosed this information to other people because of the anti-communist (and hence, distrust toward Russians) sentiment in the Cold War. Which of the two is right? Maarten Ronteltap (talk) 13:44, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]