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bronxbee
bronxbee
Wed, Jan 09, 2013 2:19am

i was there…

RogerBW
RogerBW
Wed, Jan 09, 2013 11:57am

What proof value does a photograph have if the person claiming to have been there isn’t in it?

LaSargenta
LaSargenta
Wed, Jan 09, 2013 1:56pm

Bingo. 

RogerBW
RogerBW
Wed, Jan 09, 2013 2:10pm

And as for Nikolai Yezhov…

(He made the fatal error for one of Stalin’s lieutenants of being feared more than Stalin was feared.)

LaSargenta
LaSargenta
reply to  RogerBW
Wed, Jan 09, 2013 2:37pm

So much for the camera never lies, eh?