Originally Posted by
whywesteppin
Originally Posted by
fraij da 5 11
Ok so one guy in Washington gets the idea that we should rig up thousands of pounds of explosives and fly 2 passenger jets into the WTC and shoot a missile at the Pentagon all whilst killing thousands of Americans...
Cant do it alone so hes gotta ask around to see who would be willing to be in cahoots with him... (
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I cant imagine ANYONE would turn down such a promising opportunity as that... But im sure anyone who was let in on the plan and denied participation was "dealt with" mmhmm... and the ones who did get in on the action obviously have no conscience and are the besttt secret keepers around *giggles* (Cheney definitely woulda done it... He shot someone in the face.
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Then once the core group of conspirators was formed they figured out a way to find explosive experts to rig the buildings, pilots willing to kill themselves just cause the government said so, hijack the flight 93 people and kill them in some dungeon somewhere in ohio or wherever... Which clearly wouldnt be a problem, I could go find a Jumbo jet pilot ready to kill himself at the local unemployment office...
THEN they gotta make sure that they can blame Al Queda and that Al Queda would just casually take the blame with the
face on... THEN they declare war on Al Queda and Iraq for 10 years....
etc etc im going to get some lunch.
This stuff is funny.
Exactly. When you look at it in that direction, it doesn't make sense.
Instead, these conspiracy theory people look at it from the other direction -- some outside observer notices something that doesn't make sense to them. And to them this is evidence that something is fishy.
This reminds me of the gym, when I pick up a dribble early and take 2 long strides for a layup, and people call me for a travel. I ask them, "did you see 3 steps?" They say, "no, but it looked impossible for you to get that far without traveling." They are doing exactly what conspiracy people do, which is assume that any shortcoming in their understanding is evidence of wrongdoing by the other party.
Another example. Someone sees video of someone getting shot, assumes it's fake because they think blood gushing out like that is fake. Have they ever seen anyone shot in real life though? No.
Or take me for example. I saw Jordan dunk on TV when I was a kid. I went outside and looked up at the rim and figured it was impossible a human could jump that high, so I assumed NBC was using camera tricks.
Don't get me wrong. It's good to be critical and to understand the reality of life (people lie, cheat, steal, etc.). But 99% of the time, these conspiracy theories are so diluted by flagrant dishonesty that it negates any legitimate points they may have.