why did they make up the story about Jessica Lynch? personally, I don't have an opinion on this question, but saying that a lie would be pointless proves nothing.
Dana On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 9:31 PM, PT <[email protected]> wrote: > > The 5 or so interviews I saw were all believable enough. It sounded > like things that relatives would say to one another on the phone in such > situations ... just matter of fact things. Nothing 'heroic' or dramatic > until they started talking about taking the cockpit. Even then it was > like they were talking about going to the front and just punching the > guy in the face. > > Then there was the black box. I don't remember if I actually heard it, > or just read a transcript. I will have a look around. > > I don't see any reason they would make it up. People would understand. > Things like that have been part of the plot in countless movies. It > isn't like the general public is unaware that it is a consideration. > Getting *everyone* to cover it up seems like much more of a hassle than > just admitting they had to shoot it down. It also seems more likely > that the truth would get out eventually and all parties involved would > look worse than if they had just been straight to begin with. > > Then again, when does the government ever decide on the common sense > thing, especially when pressed for time? > > On 9/14/2011 11:43 PM, Maureen wrote: > > > > Yeah, cause they didn't give the relatives a single dime of money, so > > they would have no reason to keep their mouths shut while all the hero > > worship happened. > > > > Woohoo, let's roll. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342707 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
