There is a big difference between Smiths story and the verification of the BC....that is why I say “HIS story’
Smith could easily verify that he was in Africa like he said he was..... perhaps he could verify it was on the date he said he was there.
If he was smart he could verify that he went to the Hospital like he said he did. (a picture of him in Africa in front of the hospital)
If he did that much I would say maybe he got the real BC and maybe he didn’t ...but I would be less likely to say he cooked the whole thing up because he would show SOME verification of the story.
The final test of the validity of the document would have to be in a court of law.
You are not using common sense.
Had I been smart enough to do what Smith says he did I would be certain to bring back evidence that it happened the way I said. An airline ticket or something
Any thinking person would.
Smith instead has put out evidence that cannot be verified (his shaky shaky video) which could have been shot in any third world country or maybe Chicago.His picture of him and Andy Lenny in an unknown airport
He needs to put up or shut up
Smith needs to be better than Obama ...He is not
“Had I been smart enough to do what Smith says he did I would be certain to bring back evidence that it happened the way I said.”
I totally agree that Lucas Smith has not yet provided authentication for his document, but neither have denouncers provided undisputed proof of flaws or fraud. So I take a neutral stance as to its authenticity. What isn't common sense about that?
If Smith were on trial for forging a BC, I don't think he could be convicted because it can't be proved one way or the other.
Folks who libel Smith on the other hand by declaring his document is a hoax due to faulty provenance, haven't proved their case either. Are folks who declare something a hoax without proof using common sense?
Provenance, while important, as nothing to do with ultimate authentification. People tell false stories regarding how they came to possess genuine controversial articles all of the time, perhaps most of the time! That is common sense to me. I'm not saying Lucas Smith did that, but he may be protecting people that he may need to rely on in the future, for example.
I can think of a dozen features of the CPGH BC that various folks have declared “hoax” starting with the eight declared suspicious by Corsi and actual hard evidence has been found to support most of them and for the rest at least some evidence. I personally was one of the first to find the Wiki site that showed that Kenya used two distinct date formats including the one used on the BC that debunkers pounced on as evidence of a hoax.
Common sense is not overstating your evidence and holding back on libeling folks until you really have the evidence, in my book. Your mileage may vary.