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Even if true, why do you assume it was the US? There are many actors with the willingness, capability and motivation.

by gvkv 13y ago

Mikeb85 13y ago
I don't assume the US (merely using it as an example when we question the possibility of conspiracy theories being true). Arafat could have been killed by other (more radical) Muslims, by the Israelis, by any number of people (though the method suggests a government was probably involved). Milosevic was likely killed by some western government, based on circumstance (being in custody at the Hague), and the fact that he revealed that people were trying to kill him before it happened...
- anigbrowl 13y ago
  the fact that he revealed that people were trying to kill him He claimed people were trying to kill him. Revealed implies that this claim has been proven as fact, which it certainly has not. Suppose I claim that people are trying to kill me. Have I revealed a truth, or is it possible that I'm making things up?
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moocowduckquack 13y ago
<ignore reason=probably not true>There aren't many with the capability.</ignore> Polonium has no stable isotopes and is naturally so rare that the nuclear industry synthesises it from bisimuth using neutron beams in specialist nuclear reactors. <ignore reason=probably not true>Also, apart from triggers for nukes and poisoning dissidents, it has very few uses.</ignore>
- KMag 13y ago
  But consumer anti-static brushes (http://www.amazon.com/Static-Master-Brush-1-Inch/dp/B0000AE67S http://www.amazon.com/Static-Master-Brush-1-Inch/dp/B0000AE6...), industrial anti-static coatings, industrial coating thickness measurement, and oil well inspection are a few of its uses.
  - moocowduckquack 13y ago
    I didn't realise it was used so widely. I just read this about the brushes - http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/photo-news/538049/polonium-210-present-in-darkroom-gadget http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/photo-news/538049/polon...
- jessedhillon 13y ago
  I don't understand who/what your markup is meant for? Are you claiming that things you're writing are probably not true and should be ignored? Then why are you writing them? This seems a little too clever.
  - moocowduckquack 13y ago
    I put the markup in after it was pointed out I was probably talking bollocks there. I didn't want to delete the wrong info as that would make the comment after make no sense, so I did that instead.

Even if true, why do you assume it was the US? There are many actors with the willingness, capability and motivation.

by gvkv 13y ago

Even if true, why do you assume it was the US? There are many actors with the willingness, capability and motivation.

I don't assume the US (merely using it as an example when we question the possibility of conspiracy theories being true). Arafat could have been killed by other (more radical) Muslims, by the Israelis, by any number of people (though the method suggests a government was probably involved). Milosevic was likely killed by some western government, based on circumstance (being in custody at the Hague), and the fact that he revealed that people were trying to kill him before it happened...

anigbrowl 13y ago
the fact that he revealed that people were trying to kill him He claimed people were trying to kill him. Revealed implies that this claim has been proven as fact, which it certainly has not. Suppose I claim that people are trying to kill me. Have I revealed a truth, or is it possible that I'm making things up?
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moocowduckquack 13y ago

<ignore reason=probably not true>There aren't many with the capability.</ignore> Polonium has no stable isotopes and is naturally so rare that the nuclear industry synthesises it from bisimuth using neutron beams in specialist nuclear reactors. <ignore reason=probably not true>Also, apart from triggers for nukes and poisoning dissidents, it has very few uses.</ignore>

KMag 13y ago
But consumer anti-static brushes (http://www.amazon.com/Static-Master-Brush-1-Inch/dp/B0000AE67S http://www.amazon.com/Static-Master-Brush-1-Inch/dp/B0000AE6...), industrial anti-static coatings, industrial coating thickness measurement, and oil well inspection are a few of its uses.
- moocowduckquack 13y ago
  I didn't realise it was used so widely. I just read this about the brushes - http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/photo-news/538049/polonium-210-present-in-darkroom-gadget http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/photo-news/538049/polon...
jessedhillon 13y ago
I don't understand who/what your markup is meant for? Are you claiming that things you're writing are probably not true and should be ignored? Then why are you writing them? This seems a little too clever.
- moocowduckquack 13y ago
  I put the markup in after it was pointed out I was probably talking bollocks there. I didn't want to delete the wrong info as that would make the comment after make no sense, so I did that instead.