tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171175265245997391.post1072057020786587749..comments2024-03-02T23:32:19.314+13:00Comments on Seemorerocks: EXPLOSIVE!! The Pentagon' s $70 million chemical and biological weapons program at Porton Downseemorerockshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09638172074263860001noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171175265245997391.post-77080188255717775472018-03-30T10:47:33.255+13:002018-03-30T10:47:33.255+13:00I admire all the fine research that went into the ...I admire all the fine research that went into the creation of this article but it represents a special form of journalism intended to create fear through sensationalism. The public has a right to be alerted to such hazards but not by use of these journalistic tactics.<br /><br />I would have liked to have seen dates provided for some of the cited experiments. I expect that many go back many decades.<br /><br />Readers should ask why the journalist tried to connect the recent poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with Porton Down. What evidence was there that connects the nerve agent used on them with this laboratory in the U.K.? Why did the journalist try to make a connection between the pet guinea pings, shown in the house of the poisoned ex-spy in Salisbury, with the use of guinea pigs as test animals at the Porton Down facility.<br /><br />In the mind of a conspiracy oriented journalist the above links are important to expose even if there is no real evidence linking them. They know that readers, who think similarly, are not going to bother to critically look at such associations.<br /><br />The journalist mentioned that a chemical gas was released in the London Underground but conveniently didn't mention that it wasn't a toxic chemical. Why would a journalist obscure that in their writing? Could that be construed as a form of deception of the public they are trying to reach?<br /><br />If the journalist had wanted to present a more balanced story she might have included some of the safety features of the Porton Down facility but that aspect was a totally absent in this article.<br /><br />Near the end the journalist paints a picture of herself as a victim. That is a process often used to deflect criticism of their works. Frequently it is referred to as "playing the victim card."<br /><br />I admire much of Dilyana Gaytandzhieva's fine investigative work but some level of criticism is also due.<br /><br />In a collapsing world one should expect a great deal of distractions away from the human caused 6th mass extinction event.<br /><br />If my little critique got you to see some weakness that you hadn't noticed before you might ask why that was.<br /><br /> ~ Vernon BrechinVernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16840643895607223188noreply@blogger.com