Maverick, I dont think blur is the one to be blamed to believe in what that website says. The information presented there as "proof" is even manipulated, badly used, or even plainly false; still is presented in a seemengly direct and informative fashion, so its VERY probable that the casual reader tends to believe what is explained in that crap site.
So I dont blame Blur for believin what that crappage says. First time I read that thing, it also made me think twice; even while I take myself as someone more or less literate on WWII. Most information of that webpage was very easily recognizeable as false, but some of the lies hidden in that page were way more subtle, and only some research would show the inconsistences of the arguments.
For instance, and as an example of what can be done by intelligent lying:
That page explains that USA had broken the Japanese naval cyphers in December '41, so almost all the messages between the combined fleet and Japan were well known by Roosevelt and all the US High staff. And this is simply false, those messages were intercempted by US intelligence but weren't decyphered until after the war.
However, that page says that the decoded messages were found,decoded, in the naval intelligence archives (true, because indeed they were there, but decoded AFTER the war, not BEFORE). And based on that "finding", and mixing it with absolute lies (that the US had broken the Japanese naval cyphers before the war, when that is not true), the author tells us that Roosevelt was fully aware of what was said in those messages. The best liers are the ones who base some of their lies in true information; this is a good example.
A casual reader wont notice this LIE. In fact he will tend to believe it,even more because is widely known that the US intelligence had broken the Ambassy cyphers (Purple code, I think it was called); someone could even think that Purple had something to do with the navy codes- wich of course is not right; and anyway if the diplomatic cyphers were penetrated, why not the naval?. All false, but people tend to follow that line of argument.
The Japanese navy cyphers were absolutely secure by late'41. But if someone comes up and says that they had been penetrated by US intelligence (basing it in the misguiding fact of the decyphered transmissions found in the US archives) then we have a very subtle and believable lie, one that most people wont notice.
Well, all that babbling to say that Blur is not to be blamed for believing that piece of crap. Many people tend to believe it. It is a very intelligent lie, full of toejam, yes, but a well told one nonetheless
[ 11-13-2001: Message edited by: R4M ]
