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'During his [Vincent Bugliosi] eight years in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, he successfully prosecuted 105 out of 106 felony jury trials, b

'During his [Vincent Bugliosi] eight years in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, he successfully prosecuted 105 out of 106 felony jury trials, best known for prosecuting Charles Manson. He is also a best selling author.' You don't get a 99% conviction rate by being honest, I would say this wouldn't be a great choice of person to put ANY faith in really. I MUCH prefer Colin McLaren's take, an ex police investigator who took on the "case" in his retirement as if it were any other cold case in his book, JFK: The Smoking Gun. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Bugliosi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Bugliosi [2] https://www.amazon.com/JFK-Smoking-Gun-Colin-McLaren/dp/1743179537 https://www.amazon.com/JFK-Smoking-Gun-Colin-McLaren/dp/1743...

pwned1 5y ago
Sorry, but "he's not honest because I say so" isn't an argument. Let's say he isn't honest. Ok. His citations and endnotes themselves are hundreds of pages (I think over 1,000 pages). I've frequently checked many of them, because I was curious about this or that topic. Nothing was out of context or false. On the other hand, I frequently will look at quotations or documents cited by the conspiracists and more often then not the quote is either 1) out of context or lacking important context, or 2) false.
jldl805 5y ago
If you're trying to convince people that you're a rational investigator, not batshit conspiracy theorist, making blanket dismissive judgements about his lack of honesty based on your subjective interpretation of his conviction rate is not going to help.
- d1a2n 5y ago
  "subjective interpretation" god you guys are so pretentious. You try so hard to sound like a smarty pants that you'll throw in fancy sounding language for the sake of it. The guy has an interpretation, it is subjective because it is his, contrast with "objective" interpretation which means interpretation you think is correct. But you use "subjective" rhetorically to suggest that it is a property of his argument that makes it weak rather than a label you give it after reflexively recoiling because someone has contradicted your scientistic, trust the experts, "the government wouldn't lie to me, praise the state!" ideology
  - jldl805 5y ago
    I'd just say I also wouldn't trust anyone who thinks the word "subjective" is a pretentious, smarty pants word, lol.
    - d1a2n 5y ago
      Nah mate it isn't the word, it's the use. Tell me, triple jabbed?

pwned1 5y ago

Sorry, but "he's not honest because I say so" isn't an argument. Let's say he isn't honest. Ok. His citations and endnotes themselves are hundreds of pages (I think over 1,000 pages). I've frequently checked many of them, because I was curious about this or that topic. Nothing was out of context or false. On the other hand, I frequently will look at quotations or documents cited by the conspiracists and more often then not the quote is either 1) out of context or lacking important context, or 2) false.

jldl805 5y ago

If you're trying to convince people that you're a rational investigator, not batshit conspiracy theorist, making blanket dismissive judgements about his lack of honesty based on your subjective interpretation of his conviction rate is not going to help.

d1a2n 5y ago
"subjective interpretation" god you guys are so pretentious. You try so hard to sound like a smarty pants that you'll throw in fancy sounding language for the sake of it. The guy has an interpretation, it is subjective because it is his, contrast with "objective" interpretation which means interpretation you think is correct. But you use "subjective" rhetorically to suggest that it is a property of his argument that makes it weak rather than a label you give it after reflexively recoiling because someone has contradicted your scientistic, trust the experts, "the government wouldn't lie to me, praise the state!" ideology
- jldl805 5y ago
  I'd just say I also wouldn't trust anyone who thinks the word "subjective" is a pretentious, smarty pants word, lol.
  - d1a2n 5y ago
    Nah mate it isn't the word, it's the use. Tell me, triple jabbed?