fbenario wrote:nonhocapito wrote:As to digital fakery: Established that the boat is in a location where everyone can see it so it is impossible for the entire boat to be a digital concoction
Did I miss something somewhere? Why are any of you assuming this 'actually happened', and that there actually is a capsized boat in the water anywhere, much less here? If so many people can see it, why are the images only taken from a couple of angles/perspectives? Why are you all assuming the photographers are honest, real, trustworthy private citizens? Do we have any trustworthy eyewitness reports from people living on the island?
Why is this forum so quick to believe all the media reports? Where is the needed skepticism we've all taught each other to apply over the last two years with this forum?
For what little my impression on this is worth, the possibly fake boat looks "too big" to me, like a silly toy boat capsized in a bathtub, with a lot of CGI scenery shooped into some of the images.
Slow down a second there, dear fbenario. Maybe you should read previous posts before you blame the whole forum.
My opinion is that the boat is really there because it is in front of a small town on a small island where at least 1000 people normally live. The island is not a military island, nor a starving poor community that can be paid off, but rather a well-off tourist attraction where reasonably free citizens live and thrive. Anyone, i imagine, can take a ferry and get there and see the ship for her or himself, as Porto Santo Stefano in Tuscany is not far away. And the ship will be probably there for weeks or months for everyone to see.
Maybe it is my lack of imagination, but I don't see how complete fakery could be handled in this case. If you can give us an idea of how do you think it could work, I am obviously open to any other interpretations of the event.
At the moment, as I explained in a previous post, I simply work on the hypothesis that the ship really sunk there. All the while, I assure you, my skepticism rests intact.
Sorry if the word "established" made it sound as something official. It is just an exercise of logic on my part.
p.s. tickets to Giglio island can be bought online. I might be wrong, but if they sell tickets, I assume they won't stop people from embarking on the ferry and getting there.