Re:Swiss forensic report on Arafat's death
by anigbrowl on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @04:29PM
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Garbage. Conspiracy theorists are frequently ridiculed because they have dreadfully low standards of evidence, exhibit poor logical reasoning, or engage in obvious bias (the number of judgmental adjectives employed by the theorist is often a good proxy for bias). I will give any theory the time of day if it put together properly, but most 'conspiracy theories' are not.
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Re:Swiss forensic report on Arafat's death
by alan_cx on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @09:59PM
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Yeah, problem is I remember clearly how a bunch of British plane spotters were ridiculed when they worked out that the US were flying strange flights in and out of the UK with ragged looking Arabs on board. Only when non UK and US people got implicated and involved. Today we know this as extraordinary rendition.
The other problem is that official types use ridicule instead of reason to slam people with ideas that contradict theirs. It seems that some people like evidence and some dont.
Re:Swiss forensic report on Arafat's death
by api on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @04:35PM
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"low standards of evidence, exhibit poor logical reasoning, or engage in obvious bias"
I don't disagree with any of this. Unfortunately these are the only muckrakers we've got. Everyone else just smiles and nods until the muck is shoved in their face.
Re:Swiss forensic report on Arafat's death
by pavlov on Wednesday November 06, 2013 @04:44PM
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Unfortunately these are the only critics we have.
There aren't enough critics of every persuasion on the Internet?
I've heard plenty about what's wrong with "these modern times", but this must be the first time ever for that particular criticism.