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the material facts of this story are the only interesting part. The facts are simple: 1. some guy made good counterfeit money 2. he got caught through a seri

the material facts of this story are the only interesting part. The facts are simple: 1. some guy made good counterfeit money 2. he got caught through a series of mistakes a. sloppy waste disposal b. over trusting This is the same pattern as for most crimes. Seriously, minus the murder bit, it's a law and order episode. What I want to know, is not the predictable sequence of events, but who would do this, why would they do this, tell me the thought process that leads to these actions.

jessriedel 14y ago
> This is the same pattern as for most crimes. Seriously, minus the murder bit, it's a law and order episode. I guess that's why the original Law & Order is one of the few TV shows I like. > What I want to know, is not the predictable sequence of events, but who would do this, why would they do this, tell me the thought process that leads to these actions. I also want to know all this, so I think you may have misunderstood my position. (This applies to your other comment where you call me disingenuous for no good reason.) What I don't want is stuff like "Tourists milled about the platz in front of the cathedral, Germany’s most visited landmark, craning their necks to snap pictures of the impossibly intricate spires jutting toward the heavens.", nor do I want teaser paragraphs endings to keep me hooked on the article as if I would stop reading it without them.
- sophacles 14y ago
  Perhaps you have a perfect geographical understanding of the world, but I would have no idea what this alternative sentence would mean (which i constructed by my best understanding of what you claim to want): A meeting was arranged in near the Cathedral in Cologne. To me, that leaves a ton of questions: How busy is this place? What are the odds a meeting would seem out of place? What is the tenor of the crowd? Who would be paying attention to a meeting and noticing? Further, I would be curious, but not frustratingly so, about what the setting in general looked like. I'm a visual person, I like when an author helps me, visualize what I'm reading, it makes my comprehension easier. I maintain that you are being disingenuous, because you are refusing to accept that others may find this stuff useful, because you don't and therefore suggest all things be done to your preference. Like I said, don't read something from a source known to do this. Find the AP feed instead, because some of us actually get better understanding from articles written like this.

jessriedel 14y ago

> This is the same pattern as for most crimes. Seriously, minus the murder bit, it's a law and order episode. I guess that's why the original Law & Order is one of the few TV shows I like. > What I want to know, is not the predictable sequence of events, but who would do this, why would they do this, tell me the thought process that leads to these actions. I also want to know all this, so I think you may have misunderstood my position. (This applies to your other comment where you call me disingenuous for no good reason.) What I don't want is stuff like "Tourists milled about the platz in front of the cathedral, Germany’s most visited landmark, craning their necks to snap pictures of the impossibly intricate spires jutting toward the heavens.", nor do I want teaser paragraphs endings to keep me hooked on the article as if I would stop reading it without them.

sophacles 14y ago
Perhaps you have a perfect geographical understanding of the world, but I would have no idea what this alternative sentence would mean (which i constructed by my best understanding of what you claim to want): A meeting was arranged in near the Cathedral in Cologne. To me, that leaves a ton of questions: How busy is this place? What are the odds a meeting would seem out of place? What is the tenor of the crowd? Who would be paying attention to a meeting and noticing? Further, I would be curious, but not frustratingly so, about what the setting in general looked like. I'm a visual person, I like when an author helps me, visualize what I'm reading, it makes my comprehension easier. I maintain that you are being disingenuous, because you are refusing to accept that others may find this stuff useful, because you don't and therefore suggest all things be done to your preference. Like I said, don't read something from a source known to do this. Find the AP feed instead, because some of us actually get better understanding from articles written like this.