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Yes, it does. Explicitly and clearly. With a direct quotation. What more could you ask for?
by michael_dorfman 16y ago
Yes, it does. Explicitly and clearly. With a direct quotation.
What more could you ask for?
- crocowhile 16y agoFor instance jacquesm answer? It's way more informative, it contains the actual answer to the question, is not arrogantly witty. Enough?
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- resdirector 16y agoWhat more could you ask for? The exact source. There's a world of difference between Julian's assertion of "a US blogger" versus a link to the original source (which jacquesm supplied). Perhaps we're living in the wikipedia generation, but it's quite concerning that people on Hacker News automatically consider assertions to be as credible as original sources! I mean, seriously, Julian makes a statement about how his son has received kidnapping threats, and people just swallow it without questioning? I'm not saying that I think Julian is lying (and having seen jacquesm's link, it seems like he wasn't), but I think it's incredibly important for anyone wishing to critically analyse current affairs to view all claims, on all sides of the debate, with a skeptical mind.