Hezbollah night-vision gear manufactured in Britain

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by Hippikos

You know as much as I do how military who bring out this kind of information are being treated.

Of course I do. But you claimed it was "the horse's mouth"; I was pointing out we have only the reporter's assurance that it was in fact a horse, much less his mouth.

Originally Posted by Hippikos

Dragging a pregnant 14 yeat old Lebanese girl into the discussion is useless and only mudding the water.

Not at all, it points out what a logically bankrupt move it is to say "IDF had this weapon, therefore it supports the claim that it must have been used in the heineous way described by an anonymous source". That's called "affrirming the consequent".

Originally Posted by Hippikos

Finally, it became hilarious seeing you accusing Rapaport and Fisk about enforcing their morality. Isn't that exactly what you did all these pages? Do you have the exclusivity for enforcing morality?

But you see, I'm not a journalist, tasked with objectively reporting the facts. If I were, I'd have an obligation to be objective. Although Fisk has already discliamed that; he unblushingly admits he's an advocate...and Rappaport's reporting seems to me to speak for itself on that score as well.

So when one advocate simply quotes another advocate, it's a circular argument. It's not evidence.