Commentary From the Sidelines of history
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Commentary From the Sidelines of history
Originally posted by Paul McKenna:
Good catch! I never noticed that. But still the question remains, if this article is true then is it fair to question the identity of those accused? And how come this never made it into mainstream news here?
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I think you mean September 27, 2001 as the date of the FBI press release. It was a difference of four days.Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
Indeed, I remember hearing aboout this at the time; it did get some coverage here. Though not a lot, as I recall.
The BBC article is dated September 23, 2001. Oddly, the FBI web site shows a press release dated September 27, 2003, which links to the exact same picture shown on the BBC site.
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Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
Has the Moroccan guy been in the public eye much? I mean, aside from the initial reports of his existence. Does (or did) he go on anti-American talk shows in Europe or something? Or has he quietly faded away just after asserting that we was alive and well? If it's the latter, the imposter theory is more credible, IMO.
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Originally posted by Richard Hawkes:
Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
[qb]Yeah, that seems possible too at this point. What we need is a good snopes article to clear this up one way or another.![]()
... but Snopes is funded and run by the NSA and the FBI!! Didn't you hear?! And you won't find that on Snopes, that's why I know its true![]()
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Commentary From the Sidelines of history
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I'm pretty sure it's going to be a personal rating system. I'm guessing that there might be some difference based on the ethnicity of the person doing the rating.Originally posted by Jim Yingst:
Though I have no intent of condoning the latter, and there's probably little point in arguing over their relative "merits".
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That'd be me, Herb. And I disagree with the "greater good" issue on two fronts with Tuskeegee. The fact that the participants were lied to makes any moral stance invalid. If it's so horrible you have to lie, chances are you shouldn't be doing it. But even if you're able to get past that issue, if you read the article you'll see that everybody involved has determined that the studies basically served no purpose, saved no lives, advanced no science. It was somebody's sick idea of a controlled experiment; the kind of thing that happens when science loses sight of morality.Originally posted by herb slocomb:
I agree with the prior poster who said the internment was an injustice, and my word for the experiments is also similar, and that is horrific.
Don't get me started about those stupid light bulbs. |