And then there are some that hold that Truth comes in multiple versions, that there is no "One Version" of The Truth. So what does that say for "trusted systems" and chains of custody? When photography began to emerge as the medium of veracity, painting became suspect (well, it was no longer considered to be The Truth). But as we know, photos were being "manipulated" from the very beginning. And when moving pictures came along, well, they became a "trusted" medium until we discovered that they, too, could be altered. Video? Same story, though much more recently. And the really cool thing about the Internet is that it allows us to use all of these <mischievous grin>. One of the amusing/fascinating things about Roswell is visiting the local "alien" museum downtown. There are lots of "official" records and materials that attempt to provide "proof"... It makes the behavior of certain political figures suspect when they attempt to take actions that contravene existing laws that provided us with a plottable course of action that was taken by individuals...to do so would make "historical veracity" forever dubious. The "official" truth? But then there would always be someone claiming to have the "real" truth. Think I'll go have some more coffee. Dennis "Everyone has an Alien Friend in Roswell" Moser > ---------- > From: Chris Flynn > Reply To: Chris Flynn > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 18:16 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: UV light filters, George II, and historical veracity > > Truth, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Should the children > read > this and think it factual then they did not read close enough. While it is > true that bold statements were made, I believe that most was couched as > conjecture, speculation, and rumor. However that is not to say they are > not > all "true". Who am I to judge another's delusion. My advise to you is go > back to your rainy day nap and let the less informed believe all they read > to be "true". May the Force be with you > > Also, I don't believe I have read the words veracity and historical in the > same sentence since my undergrad days. Cool > > Chris "TGIF" Flynn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Holly Hodges [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:03 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: UV light filters, George II, and historical veracity > > In a message dated 12/13/01 3:58:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] > writes: > > > But we'll never know for sure now! George the IInd has just invoked > > Executive Order 13233 (for this story, go here: > > > http://www.channel2000.com/sh/news/stories/nat-news-112577320011213-111224 > .h > > tml ), so the records will NEVER get released! > > > > Dennis > > > Great! I take a nap on my afternoon off (it's raining here and in spite > of > the drought real rain makes me sleepy) and wake up to find the archivists > at > play again! Tomorrow's RAIN (Ha!) will includes headlines of "George II > threatens to behead the archival profession for the trechery of revealing > the > classified secrets of laser technological history." Okay, sounds like > something of of National Inquirer's front page. Would NI qualify for > RAIN? > What standards are there to address this? We have descriptive standards, > encoding standards, digital imaging standards, but what of historical > veracity? > > Or did we hash that out after the urban legends of 9-11? > > Have pity on the poor non-archival souls who tread this thread, as he may > not > recognise the twilight zone until the show's over. > > Holly Hodges > Lynchburg, VA > > A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List! > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] > In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname > *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES > To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] > > Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html > > Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> > > A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List! > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] > In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname > *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES > To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] > > Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html > > Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> > >