Why indeed?

It seems to me that some have already made up their minds based on what they want to be true, rather than what objectively could be.

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Still doesn't answer why they want it to be true.

Objectively all that matters is what is true.

The people who have died are owned the truth.

On any other level it doesn't really matter whether it came from the lab or the wet markets, whether powerful people are to blame or are blameless as those people are dead regardless.

However, lies and cover ups and general mendaciousness should never be accepted as pieces the powerful and their supporters can play. It should always be fought wherever it is found.

Shrugging the shoulders isn't good enough.

Edited by Stirlingsays (18 Aug 2023 9.19pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Nothing new about those in authority lying through their teeth and then claiming it was all for the common good when they get found out. No, nothing new in that.

We can certainly agree to disagree. Respecting any opinion based on misinformation is not going to happen.

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Unrelated and a very cynical distortion of what is usual.

Why so many are so untrusting of the people they help elect yet resist a root and branch overhaul always puzzles me.

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