Any one sick of the constant conspiracy theories?

Question

There appears to be an abundance of them in the last 15 years. Why have they become a popular explanation for everything?

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Answer 1

nope! bring em on!

Answer 2

I believe that they have become excuses for everything these days because it is a way to make people think twice about everything that is happening in the world. Mark Twain has a quote that I like: "Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please." That is absolutely what happens in all of these conspiracy theories that go around. One of my favorites is the one where some whack-job liberal says that 9/11 was an inside job made by President Bush. Mhmm. They just do that stuff to try and make the other [political] party look bad and to put a little twist into peoples general thoughts and beliefs.

Answer 3

No, but I wish that the world was not quite so conspiritorial. Lets look at some facts:

the meaning of conspiracy:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

conspiracy

noun
1. a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
2. a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
3. a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose

Bear this in mind when you research the Downing St. memo and combine this with the news out Yesterday that new evidence came out that the UK and US knew in mid 2002 that Iraq was not a threat, was contained and had no usable WMD:

From the London Independent
Quote: The Government's case for going to war in Iraq has been torn apart by the publication of previously suppressed evidence that Tony Blair lied over Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.

A devastating attack on Mr Blair's justification for military action by Carne Ross, Britain's key negotiator at the UN, has been kept under wraps until now because he was threatened with being charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act. end quote

In short, Bush and Blair met in secret (The world knew they met, but their meeting was behind closed doors and the matter discussed classified at top secret) to plan a strategy to secure backing for an illegal invasion of a sovereign state. This is contrary to international law and is the most serious breach to international law possible. They sought to manipulate and willfully misrepresent intelligence advice to present a false picture of a threat. (Fix the intelligence around the policy, rather than base the policy on available intelligence as they constantly publicly quoted)

Anyway that you slice this, it matches the definition of conspiracy.

So in effect, this is not a conspiracy theory, but a factual conspiritorial event.

Conspiracy theories come about because government's DO engage in real conspiracies. Watch the Discovery channel, they often have documentaries about the CIA in which past agents are now free to discuss the real conspiracies that they were engaged in, including secret plots to overthrow foriegn sovereign nation states and start civil wars. These are factual events.

Conspiracies are what the CIA was created to do! It is not surprising therefore that people will look at current events and ask themselves, Quo Bono? (Who benefits) The Current administrations are NEVER going to openly admit their involvement in current conspiracies, so it is left to the independent journalist and researchers to attempt to piece together the pieces from the available evidence. Often these peices point towards a conspiracy. 911 is a classic example.

Answer 4

Most of you people are out of Orwells "1984". What ever you are told you believe. You have lost the ability to think for yourself, use common sense and reason. All conspiracy theories are not true, probably most are not. But that should not mean you shouldn't did a little deaper into the story. Too many put on blinders.

Answer 5

They make you think though - we never ever really know whats going on - there are cover ups for everything and in the end it usually all comes down to money control corruption and power - look at all major events of recent times; 9/11, Diana, Iraq, The poisioning of the Russian in London................ We'll prob never know the truth - even the formation of Christianity -The Divinci Code!!! Life is a conspiracy!!

Answer 6

Some of them are funny and some are absurb. My opinion about conspiracy theories - they stem from the truth. So somewhere along the line the truth got twisted and distorted.

Answer 7

I love them,they give another way of looking at something,rather than just accepting the official line.Granted,some are really weird,but fun.You should always question anything you are told by the government,because politicians are professional liars,&only a fool would take their word on anything.

Answer 8

the media have too much power. One thing written on their first 5 pages and it is taken as gospel truth: "people are saying..." even if it was something the editor or journalist dreamt up the previous night.

Common sense and a bit of scepticism are needed as you read the paper, magazines, internet "news", watch tv or however else you choose to keep up to date with the goings-on around us.

Answer 9

The 2 most irritating are The 911 & The Diana Crash.. I think they have overtaken the Aliens & the Pyramids theory... Who gives a monkey's anymore..

Answer 10

i dont think there is anything wrong with analyzing things for yourself instead of just believing something someone tells you. makes me feel like we're just mindless zombies when someone says that we shouldnt question the government and some of the things that go on. i mean some of the theories, yes, are really far fetched...but its not necessarily a horrible thing

Answer 11

People are drawn to it since it is like pseudo science that seems to provide elegant explanation for something that is really is vastly complex problems and issues. People like instant gratification and those conspiracy theoeries are like porn for people with little knowledge/interest in history and politics, but don't want to spend real time studying them.