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While I agree that there is nothing "inherently liberal" about the idea of turning someone else's home into a battlefield, the reason my initial reaction to that motto is so strong is because of the departure it seems to be from what I believed to be the essence of the original cartoon. The focus on the old show was about the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons and how no matter where the war went it was up to the Autobots to meet that evil so it did not spread. Furthermore the only humans focused on in the original show were few and only the ones who sided with the Autobots and thus fought on the incorruptible side of good (whereas now where the cast of human characters is already in the double digits according to web sites like IMDB). The emphasis which now seems to be placed on the plight of those whose land has become a battlefield by emphasizing it is their war as opposed to a war everyone should be involved in to stop evil is a departure from the idea that all that mattered was good and evil. Automatically by emphasizing an us versus their war mentality, it no longer reflects good versus evil but instead reeks of the mentality the left seems to hold dear that evil may exist, as long as it does not bother us (a philosophy being applied heavily to our involvement in Iraq). While I may have held my tongue if this motto were attached to a property I knew nothing of or even to a new original idea, it is instead potentially changing the philosophy of one of my generation's greatest childhood shows that displayed the simple lesson that no matter where or how, evil must be stopped. Though it may seem preemptive and without merit, it was a call to my fellow FReepers - who are tired of seeing stories of good and evil become stories about differing opinions and how even the good guys can be bad guys - to not let it happen again to Transformers and based on this, attempt to find the truth quickly to make sure Hollywood will not claim another victim.