Comments on: More Regrettable Loss of Innocent Life http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/more-regrettable-loss-of-innocent-life Loaning brain cells to those in need since 2003 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:33:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: gcotharn http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/more-regrettable-loss-of-innocent-life/comment-page-1#comment-39724 gcotharn Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:55:59 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4516#comment-39724 Just out of curiosity, and reciprocal fairness: what do you think are the chances the atheist is telling the truth? 70%? 90%? What do you think are the chances the "Iraqi government official" is telling the truth about the victims being overwhelmingly women and children in a wedding party? 90%? Just out of curiosity, and reciprocal fairness: what do you think are the chances the atheist is telling the truth? 70%? 90%? What do you think are the chances the “Iraqi government official” is telling the truth about the victims being overwhelmingly women and children in a wedding party? 90%?

]]> By: gcotharn http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/more-regrettable-loss-of-innocent-life/comment-page-1#comment-39675 gcotharn Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:08:32 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4516#comment-39675 heh. right back atcha. heh. right back atcha.

]]> By: Kathy http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/more-regrettable-loss-of-innocent-life/comment-page-1#comment-39659 Kathy Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:40:38 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4516#comment-39659 gcotharn, Please don't take this the wrong way, but you are an idiot. gcotharn,

Please don’t take this the wrong way, but you are an idiot.

]]> By: gcotharn http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/07/more-regrettable-loss-of-innocent-life/comment-page-1#comment-39649 gcotharn Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:00:08 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4516#comment-39649 The odds that was a wedding party of women and children are about 10%, and that may be a wildly high estimate of the odds. It could be true. Abu Ghraib was true. It was true an Iraqi boy was thrown off a bridge in 2003, to his death, by two U.S. soldiers. However, the vast, vast majority of such claims, when fully investigated, turn out to be false claims. That is the way to bet in this case. The enemy is taught to lie to media as a tactic, and to claim prisoner abuse and civilian massacre as a tactic. Reuters has been notorious about reporting untrue allegations by both anonymous sources, sources who were using an alias and a false background story, and sources whom -upon investigation - turned out to be openly aligned with the enemy. Patience. As with the claim a soldier was denied promotion b/c he is an atheist: the story is not the claim, as the claim is most likely false. The story occurs when the investigation is complete, or when the trial verdict comes in. My take: Atheist claiming he was denied promotion: 25% chance he is telling the truth. Reuters story (LOL) about alleged civilian casualties: 10% (or even way less) chance it is truth. Patience. The odds that was a wedding party of women and children are about 10%, and that may be a wildly high estimate of the odds.

It could be true. Abu Ghraib was true. It was true an Iraqi boy was thrown off a bridge in 2003, to his death, by two U.S. soldiers. However, the vast, vast majority of such claims, when fully investigated, turn out to be false claims. That is the way to bet in this case.

The enemy is taught to lie to media as a tactic, and to claim prisoner abuse and civilian massacre as a tactic. Reuters has been notorious about reporting untrue allegations by both anonymous sources, sources who were using an alias and a false background story, and sources whom -upon investigation - turned out to be openly aligned with the enemy.

Patience.

As with the claim a soldier was denied promotion b/c he is an atheist: the story is not the claim, as the claim is most likely false. The story occurs when the investigation is complete, or when the trial verdict comes in. My take:

Atheist claiming he was denied promotion: 25% chance he is telling the truth.

Reuters story (LOL) about alleged civilian casualties: 10% (or even way less) chance it is truth.

Patience.

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