jackeroni@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoDamn like pick up a book some timelemmy.mlimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down1115
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minus-squareAmnesigenic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down9·4 days agoLong and easily verifiable history of western media stories about NK being proven completely wrong+obvious foreign policy motive for lying=dismiss stories until they’re proven true
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down4·4 days agoBut… That’s just an argument that you don’t know the situation in NK. Not that the situation is anything, good or bad? If I lie to you where the fire is, it does not mean the fire is cold.
minus-squareAmnesigenic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·3 days agoNot knowing would be a good reason to assume nothing, I don’t have to believe the fire is cold to doubt that there’s a fire at all
Long and easily verifiable history of western media stories about NK being proven completely wrong+obvious foreign policy motive for lying=dismiss stories until they’re proven true
But… That’s just an argument that you don’t know the situation in NK. Not that the situation is anything, good or bad?
If I lie to you where the fire is, it does not mean the fire is cold.
Not knowing would be a good reason to assume nothing, I don’t have to believe the fire is cold to doubt that there’s a fire at all