Boston bombing - April 15, 2013
Hallmarks
Film producer thinks they should have hired Hollywood to stage the event
Photos and eyewitnesses confirm both bombs were fake – 9 mins
Jeff Bauman aka Nick Vogt
Jeff Bauman is the alias of Nick Vogt, a soldier who had his legs blown off in Afghanistan, and who was hired as an amputee actor for the Boston Bombing. He's one of the stars of the show.
One of the criticisms made by those who claim this event was staged is that Jeff should have more blood pouring out of his legs. In response to that criticism, someone who believes the event is real has posted an extremely distressing video of a man who has just that moment had his legs blown off (please only watch if you're prepared for high-level distress). The believer states that blood is not pouring out of this man's legs thus the criticism "not enough blood" is mistaken and so proves that the event is, indeed, real. This is a fallacious argument as although the criticism may be mistaken, its falsity does not prove the event was real. Perhaps blood pours out later but regardless, the video is so much more distressing than photos of Jeff-in-Boston and his loss of legs.
When Nick-in-Afghanistan had his legs blown off, however, it would no doubt have caused a similar level of distress to see it as viewing this video ... but you can be sure that photos of Nick-in-Afghanistan would never have made it into the front pages of the New York Times as Jeff-in-Boston has. The government exploiting one of its amputee soldiers, sent to fight a phoney war, to stage yet another big lie. It just goes on and on.
And what of the psychological damage inflicted on the public of viewing an event that at a conscious level they believe is true but at a deeper level know is not which is why Jeff-in-Boston can appear in the media but Nick-in-Afghanistan cannot. Nick's survival in Afghanistan was an extremely touch-and-go situation and involved an incredibly heroic effort by both him and his fellow soldiers. It is such a shame that after that heroism, he is involved in a phoney event like this.
Hallmarks
- Drill - Coach mentions that people were being told there was a drill
- Crisis actors - Actor throws dust
- Hero - Carlos Arredondo - says he did so many things but evidence shows otherwise
- Fundraising - Jeff Bauman aka Nick Vogt, amputee crisis actor
- Manifesto - On the boat
Film producer thinks they should have hired Hollywood to stage the event
Photos and eyewitnesses confirm both bombs were fake – 9 mins
Jeff Bauman aka Nick Vogt
Jeff Bauman is the alias of Nick Vogt, a soldier who had his legs blown off in Afghanistan, and who was hired as an amputee actor for the Boston Bombing. He's one of the stars of the show.
One of the criticisms made by those who claim this event was staged is that Jeff should have more blood pouring out of his legs. In response to that criticism, someone who believes the event is real has posted an extremely distressing video of a man who has just that moment had his legs blown off (please only watch if you're prepared for high-level distress). The believer states that blood is not pouring out of this man's legs thus the criticism "not enough blood" is mistaken and so proves that the event is, indeed, real. This is a fallacious argument as although the criticism may be mistaken, its falsity does not prove the event was real. Perhaps blood pours out later but regardless, the video is so much more distressing than photos of Jeff-in-Boston and his loss of legs.
When Nick-in-Afghanistan had his legs blown off, however, it would no doubt have caused a similar level of distress to see it as viewing this video ... but you can be sure that photos of Nick-in-Afghanistan would never have made it into the front pages of the New York Times as Jeff-in-Boston has. The government exploiting one of its amputee soldiers, sent to fight a phoney war, to stage yet another big lie. It just goes on and on.
And what of the psychological damage inflicted on the public of viewing an event that at a conscious level they believe is true but at a deeper level know is not which is why Jeff-in-Boston can appear in the media but Nick-in-Afghanistan cannot. Nick's survival in Afghanistan was an extremely touch-and-go situation and involved an incredibly heroic effort by both him and his fellow soldiers. It is such a shame that after that heroism, he is involved in a phoney event like this.