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    $\begingroup$ Is the time dilation effect of the event horizon itself enough to prevent light from escaping? Or is that only a small component of what keeps light trapped in a black hole? $\endgroup$
    – Mark Rogers
    Commented Dec 13, 2013 at 20:48
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    $\begingroup$ That's terrible. There is nothing there in the fabric-of-spacetime cartoon that addresses the horizon or why it's important. It's literally irrelevant--you're answering something like "what happens to stuff after it falls into a black hole?" instead. $\endgroup$
    – Stan Liou
    Commented Dec 21, 2013 at 15:47