I don't really know how I feel about this.
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/sto...p-283212c.html
Vets give 'Crashers' medal of dishonor
Bowing to pressure from angry vets, New Line Cinema has agreed not to encourage guys to wear fake medals in hopes of scoring with women.
The Hollywood studio has come under fire because of its comedy hit "Wedding Crashers," in which Owen Wilson's and Vince Vaughn's characters pretend to be Purple Heart recipients as a way of wooing bridesmaids.
Veterans were especially incensed by the weddingcrashersmovie.com Web site, which offered a Purple Heart you could print and cut out. "Carrying a Purple Heart in your jacket guarantees you attention, admiration and plenty of free booze," the site advised.
Thomas Cottone Jr., an FBI agent who busts people for making, selling or wearing phony medals, said: "I challenge the producer of that movie to go to Walter Reed Hospital and walk through the ward and see if he still wants to print out a fake Purple Heart. Talk to some of these people who don't have legs anymore and see how funny they think that movie is."
A House bill introduced Friday seeks to toughen prosecution of anyone who falsely claims to have earned a military medal.
Yesterday, a New Line rep told us the studio would yank the Web spoof. "We realize the sensitivity," said the rep.