Whenever I hear someone start to spout off about how something is a plot and "the government/CIA/military/FBI/etc. is doing this..." I immediately begin sidling away and putting space between myself and said wacko, just in case whatever he's got might be contagious. The last plot that was successfully pulled off by *ANY* government was probably the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. D-Day? Hell, no! Everybody in Europe knew we were coming; there was no hiding a million men and their materiel and sneaking them onto the French coast under the cover of darkness. The best we could do was a lot of subterfuge and misdirection so that the Wehrmacht didn't know exactly where or when.datsunaholic wrote:I go with Occam's Razor.
Anyhow, conspiracy theories make for good fiction. It's a waste of time for most reality.
So conspiracy theories make for *BAD* fiction, because so many conspiracy theories stretch the plausibility factor beyond all possible limits."The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That's not true with non-fiction."
An accumulation of recent things really...I seem to have run into a lot of conspiracy theories lately...No Greater Fool wrote:Any specific event(s) that brought this OP about?
)That doesn't really surprise me. Also, there are conspiracy theories that exist primarily in the African American community...I posted about a couple recently; the phony "the CIA is importing crack to destroy Black communities" and the equally baseless "The Bush Administration had the levees in New Orleans deliberately blown up to flood out Black neighborhoods"The interesting part is that he is Black. It's a new experience for me to meet a person of color who indulges in this.
Nope.Crackpot wrote:What you never heard of "The Real"?
Because their employers — we the taxpayers — aren't really paying attention. Most of us just don't give a shit. As long as gas is under $2.00 a gallon, we can gamble to our heart's content on fantasy leagues and the March Madness bracket, and we can still get our daily celebrity fix on the internet nobody is really watching to see what is going on in Washington.kmccune wrote:Most conspiracy theories can be explained by incompetence and laziness ,some of the worst fiasco are not even viewed as conspiracies .Government has became to large and secretive for people to take to task ,we have to live with what they do and most of them can drive by in their chaffuered limos .For instance ,how can a largely wealthy bunch of "public servants " vote themselves pay raises ,usually exceeding COLA ,while talking about cutting SS benefits ?
Jim--I see you point, but then I would think your test would also dismiss the theory that the US Public Health Service was deliberately not treating black people who had syphilis, giving them no drugs when they cam in for treatment, to see what happens. Face it, all it takes is for one conspiracy (the more outlandish the better) to be shown to be true, for the rest to be believed (or at least wondered about).That doesn't really surprise me. Also, there are conspiracy theories that exist primarily in the African American community...I posted about a couple recently; the phony "the CIA is importing crack to destroy Black communities"
