Conspiracy Theorists ...

[BrowneIssue]

Most big conspiracy theories are initiated by government security services anyway as a distraction. Like the whole UFO thing (success), WMD (failure) and all Moslems are terrorists (succeeding).

The classic case study is CND - government formed but which got out of hand and they lost control.

[Cheshire Cat]

my mate is obsessed with some guy called "heyzoos". the bloke's been dead for 1000's of years, but he reckons he's alive and well somewhere. a bit like elvis or lord lucan i guess.

[BrowneIssue]

Galileo's theories were completely against the World's perspective at that time and now everone believe on that.

Errm, no.

His discoveries were contrary to the church's official teachings.

Plenty of people believed the earth orbited the sun. He just went public with evidence.

[Cheshire Cat]

Errm, no.

His discoveries were contrary to the church's official teachings.

Plenty of people believed the earth orbited the sun. He just went public with evidence.

I thought that was Copernicus. Maybe I'm wrong.

[Drewster]

Most big conspiracy theories are initiated by government security services anyway as a distraction. Like the whole UFO thing (success), WMD (failure) and all Moslems are terrorists (succeeding).

The classic case study is CND - government formed but which got out of hand and they lost control.

Just to clarify - Is the CND example a real conspiracy....
ie That the CND was actually formed/founded as a "tool of government" as some form of distraction

or an bollox example
ie CND wasn't formed by the Government except in the addled brains of some deluded "Conspiracy Theorists"

[HairyArsedBloke]

Just to clarify - Is the CND example a real conspiracy....
ie That the CND was actually formed/founded as a "tool of government" as some form of distraction

or an bollox example
ie CND wasn't formed by the Government except in the addled brains of some deluded "Conspiracy Theorists"

Isn't it the other way round; CND members went on to form a government?

[BrowneIssue]

Just to clarify - Is the CND example a real conspiracy....
ie That the CND was actually formed/founded as a "tool of government" as some form of distraction

or an bollox example
ie CND wasn't formed by the Government except in the addled brains of some deluded "Conspiracy Theorists"

That's what they want you to think, which was why the CND case is the classic example. A brilliant piece of government-initiated social management that just went wrong.

Similar methods are being used to make people think "Islam is bad, therefore it's OK for the government to do what they want". Quite how the government is turning people in Britain against Pakistan will be studied for generations to come ... as will the consequences.

[threaded]

Errm, no.

His discoveries were contrary to the church's official teachings.

Plenty of people believed the earth orbited the sun. He just went public with evidence.

Sort off. Official teaching was elliptic orbits, he said they were circular. Also moon caused the tides, he said they were caused by water sloshing about.

So, I'd say official church teaching was more correct.

What did for him was his nasty little pamphlets.

One should recognise protestant propaganda when it pops up.

[shaunbhoy]

...A rudimentary appreciation, understanding and experience of the world and a knowledge of history would tell you that conspiracies cannot be sustained indefinitely.

This is great news sg. I presume it means you have finally come to your senses over this GW rubbish and are about to join the ranks of the enlightened, tossing those ridiculous computer models into the rubbish skip of buffoonery? Welcome aboard!!

[OwlHoot]

This is great news sg. I presume it means you have finally come to your senses over this GW rubbish and are about to join the ranks of the enlightened, tossing those ridiculous computer models into the rubbish skip of buffoonery? Welcome aboard!!

No doubt the aliens, out of the kindness of their multiple hearts, are giving us a respite for now, by cooling the Sun.

I don't believe most conspiracy theories, because I don't believe most people are smart enough or cooperative enough or sufficiently united in all their beliefs and incentives to pull them off without some maverick spilling the beans.

But practically every policy and aspiration of this fascist Government ends up as some kind of conspiracy. They lie through their teeth like a flatulent cart horse trumps, almost without thinking about it or even realizing they're doing it, and I'd be quite willing to believe that any guys digging up the road are secretly installing some new covert Government-sponsored remote brain scan equipment to monitor passers by.