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Tank man wasn't crushed, FYI.

a_bonobo 9y ago
At least 202 people were killed on that day. Dong Xiaojun, Lin Renfu, Wang Peiwen, Tian Daomin, are among those identified who have been crushed by tanks. Older list: http://www.hrichina.org/en/list-155-victims-beijing-massacre http://www.hrichina.org/en/list-155-victims-beijing-massacre
aaron695 9y ago
No one knows what happened to tank man. More troubling is you don't seem to know what happened in Tiananmen square, are you in China? https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/02/china.johngittings https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/02/china.johngitt...
- lazyasciiart 9y ago
  That assumption doesn't seem to be very well supported by the comment you are responding to - what makes you think they don't know what happened in Tiananmen?
  - linkregister 9y ago
    It's more charitable than "OP made an unsupported assertion in order to win promotion of their viewpoint."
    - lazyasciiart 9y ago
      It's a lot less charitable than "OP was probably referring to the fact that video evidence shows tank guy being pulled away out of sight before the tanks continued past the point where he had been standing, rather than showing the tanks just rolling over him as that comment kind of implied". If you're going to be very careful to correct people who assert that the guy wasn't crushed, you need to jump on people who say he was crushed too, or you look like you're using the argument as an excuse to attack someone rather than being deeply invested in correctness.
      - aaron695 9y ago
        No one is talking about tank man. We are talking about the people who were crushed by tanks in the square. Really, most were shot, which is how I'd deal with a trouble maker being filmed like tank man. But there is evidence of tanks crushing people as per my link, which is WHY tank man is famous (plus he was photographed, other people did do it too). Are you doubting tanks rolled over and killed people?
        tinfins 9y ago
        I was talking about tank man...
      - tinfins 9y ago
        Your assumption was the correct one.
    - tinfins 9y ago
      My assertion is supported though. Google tank man video.
- tinfins 9y ago
  No, I just thought it was interesting that the man in that iconic photo wasn't actually crushed. I hadn't realized until I saw the video.
kobeya 9y ago
We don’t know what happened to Tank Man, FYI.
- tinfins 9y ago
  I mean, I guess they could have crushed him later. But you can watch the video - he wasn't crushed after standing in front of the tank in the iconic photo.

At least 202 people were killed on that day. Dong Xiaojun, Lin Renfu, Wang Peiwen, Tian Daomin, are among those identified who have been crushed by tanks. Older list: http://www.hrichina.org/en/list-155-victims-beijing-massacre http://www.hrichina.org/en/list-155-victims-beijing-massacre

aaron695 9y ago

No one knows what happened to tank man. More troubling is you don't seem to know what happened in Tiananmen square, are you in China? https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/02/china.johngittings https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jun/02/china.johngitt...

lazyasciiart 9y ago
That assumption doesn't seem to be very well supported by the comment you are responding to - what makes you think they don't know what happened in Tiananmen?
- linkregister 9y ago
  It's more charitable than "OP made an unsupported assertion in order to win promotion of their viewpoint."
  - lazyasciiart 9y ago
    It's a lot less charitable than "OP was probably referring to the fact that video evidence shows tank guy being pulled away out of sight before the tanks continued past the point where he had been standing, rather than showing the tanks just rolling over him as that comment kind of implied". If you're going to be very careful to correct people who assert that the guy wasn't crushed, you need to jump on people who say he was crushed too, or you look like you're using the argument as an excuse to attack someone rather than being deeply invested in correctness.
    - aaron695 9y ago
      No one is talking about tank man. We are talking about the people who were crushed by tanks in the square. Really, most were shot, which is how I'd deal with a trouble maker being filmed like tank man. But there is evidence of tanks crushing people as per my link, which is WHY tank man is famous (plus he was photographed, other people did do it too). Are you doubting tanks rolled over and killed people?
      - tinfins 9y ago
        I was talking about tank man...
    - tinfins 9y ago
      Your assumption was the correct one.
  - tinfins 9y ago
    My assertion is supported though. Google tank man video.
tinfins 9y ago
No, I just thought it was interesting that the man in that iconic photo wasn't actually crushed. I hadn't realized until I saw the video.

kobeya 9y ago

We don’t know what happened to Tank Man, FYI.

tinfins 9y ago
I mean, I guess they could have crushed him later. But you can watch the video - he wasn't crushed after standing in front of the tank in the iconic photo.