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
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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
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