jackeroni@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoDamn like pick up a book some timelemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down1109
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minus-squareAmnesigenic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down6·1 day agoLong and easily verifiable history of western media stories about NK being proven completely wrong+obvious foreign policy motive for lying=dismiss stories until they’re proven true
minus-squareThirdConsul@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down5·1 day agoBut… That’s just an argument that you don’t know the situation in NK. Not that the situation is anything, good or bad? If I lie to you where the fire is, it does not mean the fire is cold.
minus-squareAmnesigenic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·24 hours agoNot knowing would be a good reason to assume nothing, I don’t have to believe the fire is cold to doubt that there’s a fire at all
Long and easily verifiable history of western media stories about NK being proven completely wrong+obvious foreign policy motive for lying=dismiss stories until they’re proven true
But… That’s just an argument that you don’t know the situation in NK. Not that the situation is anything, good or bad?
If I lie to you where the fire is, it does not mean the fire is cold.
Not knowing would be a good reason to assume nothing, I don’t have to believe the fire is cold to doubt that there’s a fire at all