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  Re: Speaking of conspiracy theories  
From: Invisible
Date: 28 Jul 2009 07:01:42
Message: <4a6eda96@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:

>   It's not a debunking article per se, but more of an opinion of why the
> conspiracy theorists are nuts. Especially the second page makes good points
> about why keeping a huge conspiracy like that is basically impossible: There
> simply are way too many people involved and too many witnesses who could
> blow up the whole thing with simple evidence (eg. by showing a paycheck by
> the government to keep them quiet).
> 
>   The conspiracy theorists claim that all the people involved, who would
> could blow up the whole conspiracy, were paid by the government to keep
> quiet. As the article aptly puts it, how much money would *you* take in
> order to keep quiet about the murder of your family, friends or co-workers?

More interestingly, it explains *why* people want to believe such 
ludicrous claims: for the personal glory.


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