@jackeroni@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml • 4 days agoDamn like pick up a book some timelemmy.mlimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down1115
arrow-up1-66arrow-down1imageDamn like pick up a book some timelemmy.ml@jackeroni@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml • 4 days agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareAmnesigeniclinkfedilink-3•4 days 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-square@ThirdConsul@lemmy.mllinkfedilink5•3 days 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-squareAmnesigeniclinkfedilink1•3 days 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