How do you relate to conspiracy theories?

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Life would be utterly boring without conspiracy theories and you know there is a truth behind every rumor.

Conspiracy theories are interesting but I don't believe most of them. A video debunking the "tower 7 was a controlled demolition" theory convinced me beyond a reasonable doubt that 9/11 was not an inside job. I think people generally believe conspiracy theories because they're always way more interesting than the official explanation. People like drama and mystery.

One conspiracy that I think could possibly be true is the murder vs. suicide mystery surrounding the death of the UN weapons inspector David Kelly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(weapons_expert)

I don't think it's implausible that a government will kill a person who is a threat to the agenda and then conceal the murder. Maybe he just committed suicide but I still wouldn't put it past them to secretly murder someone. If they're willing to kill a hundred thousand civilians in Iraq by invading under false pretenses then what's one person's life worth to them?

I want to see that video. Only so I can get a good laugh. Conspiracy theories for the most part are pretty vague, so I tend not to believe them. Some actually have merit. Most don't.

I might go even further if I had the chance. I have a giddy delight when I fantasize about creating hoaxes and spreading outlandish rumors. Maybe dishonesty is bad but I would probably feel like I was just giving people what they want. People generally like to believe weird things. The only problem is people would be pissed at me if they ever found out.

LOL, once I put it about that the playground in my village was haunted by malevolent spirits, so all the little kids were scared of it so I could go there and read without people pissing me off.

I think the important point of the WTC is that jet fuel is highly refined kerosene, not petrol and that the fire simply couldn't have burned hot enough to melt structural steel.

Yeah, that one I liked too. I've spent some hours on such websites. It's incredible what people can come up with.

You can tell your mom that I believe in chemtrails too. But there certainly are some really unbelievable theories out there.

I enjoy them, but it's just the same old ones now, we need fresh conspiracy.

I like conspiracies because they are interesting and they show a alternate view on things.

Here's something for you all to pick over. Are brain transplants already happening in secret?

I don't really get into conspiracy theories because they are a collective thought of a group of people and I tend to always think totally independent - I also only believe what I see or hear direct from fact so that throws me from conspiracy theories also.

- Saying that, actually what I do is not believe in conspiracy theories belonging to groups of people - popular conspiracy theories...But I probably have many of my own that I debate in my head from time to time!

I find some theories interesting but once facts start to show many weaknesses in the theory then I quickly loose interest.

Last edited by Stray-Ana on 17 Jan 2009, 8:57 am, edited 1 time in total.

Think about this: People's belief in conspiracy theories (such as the Holocaust didn't happen based on rumor, misinterpretation, false logic, etc.) can ultimately cause terrible pain and suffering. Look at the lack of objective journalism in countries that are either internally or externally at war. If too many people embrace an unproven (and likely untrue) conspiracy theory, what is fun to think about today can lead to social and political instability tomorrow.

BTW, I consider George Bush II's "Weapons of Mass Destruction" to be a conspiracy theory that backfired on him. And look what that belief in misinformation got us.

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The Bush analogy isn't to good however since such weapons were used in previous internal conflicts. The real conspiracy should be what happened to them. I do agree however that it was attempt to sell fear that endedup backfiring.

The War On Terror is an act of terrorism in itself, by definition.

I think they're absolutely ridiculous lol. Maybe one out of every 0.000000000000000001 % of them is actually true. It's very amusing & even disheartening how many people believe so strongly in them. Like the one about 2012. OMG .