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To: wiggen
Originally with his burned hands he was thought to be a victim?

What burned hands?

I don't see any burns on his hands. Also, wouldn't the hospital have put in the IV somewhere else if he had significant burns on his hands?

71 posted on 04/19/2013 8:20:10 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

This is the problem with the media, this forum and others, and people in general. In the age of non-stop 24/7 news coverage and speculation people glean facts that fit a narrative without verification and absent of context. Those facts may prove true or may not over time, but they will still be accepted as facts. Nothing you say or point out (valid point about the hands) will penetrate the opinion already formed.

It’s human nature and it’s the enemy of rational analysis when you combine it with dogma and political goals. We make fun of it on MSNBC and ignore it here on FR. Same thing on both sides and conspiracy theories flourish.

I don’t know what to think about this young man who appears to be a very important person in Saudi Arabia. It is probable that he committed no crime, but is now in danger because of the firestorm of speculation. My belief that we should not give young men from Jihadist nations visas to be in the United States is based on statistics, but I can’t and won’t condemn this man absent real facts or based on internet speculation. I do believe this administration puts ideology ahead of common-sense, but it would take an impossible cover-up if this young man had some involvement and you cannot begin to imagine the number of investigators and moving parts surrounding this.

The speculation around this young man has been energized by the media frenzy surrounding the bombings and none of us (nor Glenn Beck) know the truth. All I see is lots of speculation and few facts and I don’t find a gathering of foreign students around their flag to be evidence of a crime. The erroneous reporting and speculation creates a fog that is impossible to penetrate. If you created a flow chart of “facts” posted on this forum surrounding this event it would look like modern art throwing paint in numerous directions. Some people will be forever stuck on the last drops of paint for whichever splash they followed in the moment on the edge or on the frame. Some will wait for the most accurate picture to form in the middle of the canvas absent the media speculation of a breaking news event.

The conspiracy theories will forever be a part of the painting. It’s the same story on both sides of the political spectrum. We make fun of it on DU, but woe to the person that points it out here.

FRegards.


84 posted on 04/19/2013 8:53:41 AM PDT by volunbeer (We must embrace austerity or austerity will embrace us)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

He was reported to have burns. How many days later is that picture taken after the event?


100 posted on 04/19/2013 9:34:37 AM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

What’s wrong with him to be hospitalized? I never could find a reason in the news articles, other than burns on hands.


129 posted on 04/19/2013 4:30:32 PM PDT by Nita Nupress
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