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Playing the violin is better than torture.

posted 10 years ago by pp31246
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Am I missing something? When they were trying to find out who was the true Russian defector, why the hell didn't they just get them both to play the violin? The guy was supposed to be a violinist, and his father a cellist, but that never comes up. Instead they fart around with polygraphs, truth serum and torture. For God's sake, just ask them to play the violin. Even a dedicated impostor couldn't learn to play as well as the real guy.

[–] kiki_batusha_23 9 years ago

they both can. If you send a spy in US and claim that he plays violin, you cannot send someone who can't. That would be a stupid mistake.

[–] Redart27 8 years ago

OP is 100% correct. Russian violin technique is very different. A trained ear could tell who was authentic and who was the imposter.

I've been through a terrible ordeal!