"Old Folks War" This is a facinating concept and a reasonbly told tale. I enjoyed reading this from start to finnish but a few things did grate on my way through. The dialogue tags would sound better coming at the ends of the sentences and with a few less adverbs. (my pet hate at the moment). For such a short story there were two too many characters involved in the dialogue, perhaps switch their words to the main characters, this would save any confusion and make for a smooth read. Some nice irony here and I found myself with a grin from time to time, especially the olds with "walkers". The only other problem, and this is more a pedantic one, there appears to be too much info dump in the longer paragraphs. Spread it around a little that way you'll get less of a moralistic hammer blow and more subtle, suggestive punch in the nose. Well done, liked it a lot and enjoyed the idea greatly. (Woops, I used another adverb)

The writer has the right instincts for putting a story together. As is often the case, a bit of proof-reading could have helped, although I've certainly seen worse.

Pity the story ended just as it was beginning to get interesting. What I mean is, Atk Butterfly, that you have set up a problem, but there are no pointers to a resolution.