05-04-2011, 10:35 PM
Hi,
What is sad is that so many of the media sources of the USA have reached such a low level of ethics that doubting them in general is a reasonable position.
A mistake. A brief period of public display would have gone a long way to dispelling at least some of the noise that we're hearing about this.
Of course. That would be iron clad proof since every copy of PhotoShop in existence has frozen since Bin Laden's death.
At any rate, it's too late to fish him back out. Those, like you and I, who think he was most likely killed just as reported don't need additional proof (unless some real evidence to the contrary is found). Those who find conspiracies in every closet will not be convinced by any level of proof. The question is somewhat moot.
The best would have been a captured, tried, and executed Bin Laden. That would (mostly) have defused many of the tales and rumors going around.
--Pete
(05-04-2011, 09:09 PM){wcip}Angel Wrote: It's a sad state of affairs when our cynicism has reached such a heinous level that we don't trust the news stories out of the US anymore.
What is sad is that so many of the media sources of the USA have reached such a low level of ethics that doubting them in general is a reasonable position.
(05-04-2011, 09:09 PM){wcip}Angel Wrote: How do Americans view the speed with which this ceremony has been undertaken?
A mistake. A brief period of public display would have gone a long way to dispelling at least some of the noise that we're hearing about this.
(05-04-2011, 09:09 PM){wcip}Angel Wrote: ... the US should publish the photos of a dead Bin Laden in order to assuage people's fears that this is indeed NOT a criminal conspiracy.
Of course. That would be iron clad proof since every copy of PhotoShop in existence has frozen since Bin Laden's death.
At any rate, it's too late to fish him back out. Those, like you and I, who think he was most likely killed just as reported don't need additional proof (unless some real evidence to the contrary is found). Those who find conspiracies in every closet will not be convinced by any level of proof. The question is somewhat moot.
The best would have been a captured, tried, and executed Bin Laden. That would (mostly) have defused many of the tales and rumors going around.
--Pete
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