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Absolutely True (5.00 / 1) (#159)
by Claw on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 10:06:49 AM EST
It's a very common misconception that trauma makes memory better.  There's actually quite a bit of evidence suggesting the opposite is true.  This is particularly damaging to criminal defendants because victims of traumatic events are very prone to saying things like "I could never forget that face."  In fact, many Innocence Project exonorees were convicted with eye witness ID and testimony.  I'm pretty sure every single one of our exonorees here in GA were ID'd by eye-witnesses.  
Sorry to go a little O/T. I guess (and I agree with Jeralyn; it's a non-story.  About as relevant to her ability to lead as Wright's comments are to Obama's) it would be interesting to find out whether she ever had to run, head down to a waiting vehicle because of sniper fire.  If she did, she may well be telling the truth about misremembering.  If not, she was probably exaggerating to bolster her foreign policy cred.  Either way, I don't really care.


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You're totally wrong about the pilot (none / 0) (#179)
by tree on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:18:10 AM EST
First off, numerous other people on the plane attested to the fact that the plane had to make a corkscrew landing and that the passengers were told to sit on their flak jackets. And as for your supposed pilot of the C-17, I know he's a total phony. How do I know this? Reports of the flight at the time listed the pilot as CHERYL Beineke. Yup, that's right, the pilot was a female.

Gee, maybe you just misremembered what you read? Maybe you just imagined it.

And BTW, its Tuzla in Bosnia, not Tarzla and there is no Tarzla in California either. There is a Tarzana though. Another case of misremembering on your part no doubt. And its a faulty memory of something that is only a few days old, too. What a shame.

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