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pg seems to have read one side of the story and been completely convinced. :-/

edit: Downvote all you like, but his discussion doesn't even mention any dissenting views. Nothing is one-sided.

I think you're being downvoted because you're assuming PG has only read one side. Perhaps he already read the court papers making its way around the internet or possibly other sources? As far as I could tell he never said what source(s) he read, etc.

Fair enough, he never said what exactly he'd read. But if you're trying to write a persuasive piece, you address the other side's arguments/positions. It's just polemic otherwise.

I think you are underestimating polemic.

> But if you're trying to write a persuasive piece, you address the other side's arguments/positions

Twitter's 140 characters don't really give you the space to do to really any of that. It's a great place to blast opinions and occasionally be heard but it's awful for debate or persuasion so most don't try and when you do try...it's just painful.

I was referring to this[1], discussed here[2].

[1] http://pg.posthaven.com/the-case-of-richard-glossip

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10293793

A Mobius strip is, and it seems in this story you whichever direction you take, you end up back at a single mans testimony for a plea.

> Mobius strip

Cute. But it's by no means clear that this is some miscarriage of justice.

https://www.readfrontier.com/investigation/two-truths-and-a-...

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