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There's a general rule when trying to determine facts. The one making the claim has the burden of proof to prove it true. If you say you crucified someone, it's

by vitd 12y ago

There's a general rule when trying to determine facts. The one making the claim has the burden of proof to prove it true. If you say you crucified someone, it's on you to show that you did that. If you're too lazy to take and release a reasonable photo, it's not on us to believe you actually did it. Same goes for bigfoot, UFOs, and reporting who won the Super Bowl.

hindsightbias 12y ago
In the west, true. In the salafist world, is it safe to make that same assumption wrt to media claims? Or would one be more suspect? Was Baghdad Bob the norm or an outlier? If (questionably) they have such a lower bar for executing someone, why bother lying? I'm reminded of the fall of Mosul (I think) where they just marched hundreds of locals to a ditch and started shooting. It was weeks of western media questioning whether it was fake or not until better vids/UN testimony appeared. I would guess that was probably because westerners could not conceptualize such a blatant slaughter. Would Iraqis/Syrians be as suspicious?