Dante I agree that it is the use of the word that constructs a POV Of course in a technically accurate sense either word would work but we would then be blind to the inherent emotional connotations in each example To gay activists disruptive is connotating disapproval with the decision as we normally use disruptive in a negative sense Important to people with more traditional values who view marriage as necessarily between a man and a woman improperly connotates a sense of approval and puts the decision in a positive light It is not only the content but the form of the message that is able to contain POV 01 20 Sep 23 2004 UTC