Comment by fsckboy
1 year ago
>How could we possibly know the such things as 'Nazi snatch squads' even existed
Germans keep good records, and after the war all the archives were captured and read through and cross indexed. Every incident in Allied logs was compared with German logs to see what matched.
And are you prepared to state that you've verified this? Or is this something you imagine?
So, how have you verified that your statement about this being made up by the author is correct? Or is it something you imagine?
His comment history has the hallmark of a low trust obligate contrarian.
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I'm saying that the story reads like the type of thing I enjoyed reading and writing about when I was around 12 years old. I think I recognise lots of narrative tricks in play, to get the excitement levels up. Which is entirely unlike reality.
You are of course free to defend this article as truth or whatever. However, if I see these sorts of tricks in play, I reserve the right to dismiss it as a manipulative narrative. I also reserve the right to express my opinion, esp if I am able to easily support my assertion using the provided text itself.
Do you realise that even the news is a manipulation? You are free to be curious about the 'facts' that are presented to you.
have you verified that the country of belgium exists? have you ever been there?
I am prepared to give my testimony and state that Belgium exists. I have been there, and they make delicious chips and chocolate. Perhaps the best chips I've had.
Your point about verification is valid. People should explain what verification they have undertaken. This article is full of hyperbole. I don't trust these sorts of imaginative excursions to deliver me the truth about WW2, any more than I expect rambo to tell me about Vietnam or whatever. Both are plainly way over exuberant. Quite entertaining I guess, but not much more than that.
If GP said they did, would you be prepared to accept that verification?
My intuition is that you wouldn’t.