Tracking the Illegal Shipment of Sarin Precursor from Belgium to Syria

Re:Tracking the Illegal Shipment of Sarin Precursor from Bel... by Tycho on Sunday April 22, 2018 @04:14PM (#16898311)

And sometimes a simple, straight-forward comment is all it takes to stop the propaganda effort dead in its tracks (hence why many such articles have the comment section mysteriously disabled, e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/18/syria-white-he... ). Leaving it to readers to go out and actively vet the information on some other 'forum' just allows the propaganda to spread further than it otherwise would.

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Re:Tracking the Illegal Shipment of Sarin Precursor from Bel... by wybiral on Sunday April 22, 2018 @05:21PM (#16898662)

A voice of reason can quickly be overshadowed by a wave of ignorance. The comments sections on most of the news articles I've seen, when they're up, are usually divisive noisy trolls.

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Re:Tracking the Illegal Shipment of Sarin Precursor from Bel... by Tycho on Sunday April 22, 2018 @06:52PM (#16899126)

Negligible price to pay.

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Re:Tracking the Illegal Shipment of Sarin Precursor from Bel... by wybiral on Sunday April 22, 2018 @07:02PM (#16899178)

But it outweighs the benefits if the noise level is so high that the one or two sane comments don't even get seen.

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Re:Tracking the Illegal Shipment of Sarin Precursor from Bel... by Tycho on Sunday April 22, 2018 @08:37PM (#16899624)

Straightforward, easily verified observations have a habit of rising to the top. Longwinded tirades about MK Ultra are easy to skip.

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