REC -
Why do "we" do this? I mean the part about stretching the truth to
support our point, only to undermine our point?
I don't have any trouble extrapolating from THIS story that the ban and
attendant delays *could have* caused the death in the way implied, but
that isn't the same and just feeds the whole "culture of fake news".
I don't know how many of my anti-Trumpian friends have reported things
to me that sounded outrageous, only to follow it up and discover that
while there was a grain of truth in it, what they reported was some kind
of distortion that undermined *their* credibility more than it
undermined the position of their opposition?
- SAS
On 2/2/17 1:55 AM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
If you read the linked article, you'll see that this Mom died several
days before the executive order was signed.
-- rec --
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:44 PM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net
<mailto:o...@backspaces.net>> wrote:
We just got a lot dumber.
(Terence Tao? Wow! Didn't know many of us followed him.
Fascinating guy.)
Sadly, the ban has now killed someone:
Inline image 1
http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/232856168-story
<http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/232856168-story>
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 2:50 PM, glen ☣ <geprope...@gmail.com
<mailto:geprope...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Open thread for mathematicians on the immigration executive order
Terance Tao
> Even if the order was withdrawn immediately, there is no
longer an assurance, even for nationals not initially impacted
by that order, that some similar abrupt and major change in
the rules for entry to the United States could not occur, for
instance for a visitor who has already gone through the
lengthy visa application process and background checks,
secured the appropriate visa, and is already in flight to the
country. This is already affecting upcoming or ongoing
mathematical conferences or programs in the US, with many
international speakers (including those from countries not
directly affected by the order) now cancelling their visit,
either in protest or in concern about their ability to freely
enter and leave the country.
--
☣ glen
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