In a msg to David Bloomberg on , Ross Sauer of 1:154/170 
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 RS> I'm going to put my cards on the table right now, and say that I have 
 RS> a "show me" attitude towards UFO's.
 DB> 
 DB> Uh oh.  A skeptic.     ;-)
 RS>  
 RS> They do exist, media accounts to the contrary.
:-)
 RS> In other words, "eyewitness testimony" I won't buy.
 RS> Photos need to be real, and legible. Same with videos.
 DB> 
 DB> How do you know if a photo or video is real?  Just curious.
 RS>  
 RS> I really don't know that for certain at the moment.
And that is one big problem with using them as evidence.  Unfortunately, the 
old "I know it when I see it" doesn't cut the mustard anymore.
 RS> And if I see a loony post, I'll say so.
 DB> 
 DB> See ya back in SKEPTIC real soon now, Ross.
 RS>  
 RS> Oh, I'll still stay in Skeptic too.
 RS> But if I get moderated for calling a spade a spade, that will get me
 RS> a bit ticked off.
Yeah, well...
 RS> BTW, I am laughing my head off at the "face on Mars" people like 
 RS> Richard Hoagland, now that he's been PROVEN to be simply full of it.
 DB> 
 DB> But, but, but -- it's a CONSPIRACY, Ross.  How else could it POSSIBLY
 DB> be  explained?  
 RS>  
 RS> That's what Richard Hoagland and his propaganda minister, Art 
 RS> Goebbels,  are saying.
Of course.  After all, they were shown to be wrong, and that can't POSSIBLY 
be true, so it MUST be a conspiracy...  (I might point out to you that money 
is not the _only_ reason people believe in these things, and while Hoagland 
and Bell certainly make money off of this, somebody like your neighbor does 
not, and _she_ is still defending it as well.)
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