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

i was there…

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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?

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

Bingo. 

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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.)

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

So much for the camera never lies, eh?

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