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Topic: Conspiracy Theories Explained
Bushidobillyclub Joined Fri 05/11/07 Posts: 5689	Tue 01/31/12 07:12 AM
As long as a person follows the evidence and doesn't make stuff up I have no problems with them. We can argue over evidence, sometimes good things come from those that come up with what seems crazy to the rest of us. HOWEVER, it is when a person ignores the evidence despite it contradicting there closely held conclusions . . . that is a problem, and shows a real psychological issue.

Optomistic69 Joined Mon 10/10/11 Posts: 5173	Tue 01/31/12 07:22 AM
If you all live long enough you may have to eat humble pie or maybe you might cop out and say you were only winding up.

Bushidobillyclub Joined Fri 05/11/07 Posts: 5689	Tue 01/31/12 07:23 AM Edited by Bushidobillyclub on Tue 01/31/12 07:23 AM
If you all live long enough you may have to eat humble pie or maybe you might cop out and say you were only winding up. What exactly am I going to have to be humble about?

Leigh2154 Joined Sun 10/02/11 Posts: 16479	Tue 01/31/12 07:45 AM
If you all live long enough you may have to eat humble pie or maybe you might cop out and say you were only winding up. What exactly am I going to have to be humble about?

Optomistic69 Joined Mon 10/10/11 Posts: 5173	Tue 01/31/12 08:19 AM
If you all live long enough you may have to eat humble pie or maybe you might cop out and say you were only winding up. What exactly am I going to have to be humble about? The Jury is still out...or at least for the next half century.

InvictusV Joined Sun 11/23/08 Posts: 5282	Tue 01/31/12 08:46 AM
If you all live long enough you may have to eat humble pie or maybe you might cop out and say you were only winding up. What exactly am I going to have to be humble about? The Jury is still out...or at least for the next half century. sounds like a man talking from vast experience..

Conrad_73 Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 22488	Tue 01/31/12 08:56 AM
If you all live long enough you may have to eat humble pie or maybe you might cop out and say you were only winding up.

Conrad_73 Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 22488	Tue 01/31/12 08:57 AM
If you all live long enough you may have to eat humble pie or maybe you might cop out and say you were only winding up. What exactly am I going to have to be humble about? The Jury is still out...or at least for the next half century.

Redykeulous Joined Thu 11/09/06 Posts: 6052	Tue 01/31/12 03:29 PM Edited by Redykeulous on Tue 01/31/12 03:30 PM
What I see as I lay in my Bed Here's something for those who enjoy conspiracy. How old is that map? Who were the makers and producers? What market was it meant to be distributed in? Are the land masses proportionate to actual measures? The greatest conspiracies, encompassing entire societies, are those most ignored, particularly within the population. Such conspiracy is all around us in fact it's institutionalized to such a great extent that we don't even recognize it in our everyday lives. Better than basket weaving or needle point but it takes an open mind and the risk is having to face 'facts'.

s1owhand Joined Fri 05/18/07 Posts: 29437	Tue 01/31/12 04:53 PM
The Mapmakers are IN ON IT!

metalwing Joined Fri 11/14/08 Posts: 26218	Tue 01/31/12 04:55 PM
The Mapmakers are IN ON IT! They want the equatorial countries to think they are small and helpless!!

volant7 Joined Thu 06/02/11 Posts: 616	Tue 02/21/12 08:24 AM
its too late go back to sleep it will soon be hell on earth

Conrad_73 Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 22488	Tue 02/21/12 09:31 AM
The Mapmakers are IN ON IT! bad bad Mapmakers!

Leigh2154 Joined Sun 10/02/11 Posts: 16479	Tue 02/21/12 12:11 PM
"A GrandConspiracy theory is any theory that says the state of the world (or the nation, etc.) is due to the actions of a small cabal of powerful and malevolent conspirators. The alleged conspirators are seldom identified specifically. Instead, it is usually claimed that the conspirators are the members (or a subset) of a religious group (Jews and Catholics have long been favorite targets), a government (the US is a popular bogeyman, as is the USSR - despite no longer existing as such), a socioeconomic group, a corporation (Monsanto, Microsoft, OneWorldAlliance), the United Nations, various think-tanks and public policy organizations (the Tri-Lateral Commission?), ancient societies (BavarianIlluminati, masons), an ethnic group or nationality, the Clintons, the Bushes, the Kennedys, or any other convenient target which the speaker wishes to demonize." "According to GrandConspiracy theorists, the world is divided into three parts: The conspirators themselves A small group of "freethinkers" who are aware of the conspiracy, and are actively opposing it. (The speaker is almost always in this group, according to the speaker). That the freethinkers have little success (or may even be regarded as kooks) is evidence of how effective and wide-reaching the conspiracy is. (See StonesLaw) The majority of the people, who are unaware of the "conspiracy". The speaker's opponent is almost always in this group. Often times, the speaker asserts that the unaware majority are "sheep", too dim-witted and passive to know or care about what is "really going on in the world". Similar pejorative remarks are often employed." "Many GrandConspiracy believers think of it as a hierarchy of conspiracies - a "trickle-down" conspiracy. The masters don't really care about gays or liberals - but they see the value in pitting groups against each other. Most GrandConspiracy theorists accept that they are implicitly part of the conspiracy (if they are part of society) - but they are helpless to escape it. The chart is generally like this: Each level fights or assists others of the same level GrandConspirators? - These are the ones whose motivation is unknown to us (usually Bilderbergs, Illuminati, Masons, etc - high level secretive "societies") "The Liberals" France "The Intellectuals" "The Liberal Media" "Hollwood" "The Druggies" "TedTurner?" "The Homosexual Agenda" "The Feminists" "The Gays" "Tinky-winky, the purple Teletubby and "Bert and Ernie" and "Spongebob Squarepants" and "James the Red Engine" "The Clintons" "The Kennedys" "The RightWingConspiracy?" "The OneWorldOrder?" "The Bushes" "The Neocons" "The Mega-Corporations" The Koch Bros** "Rupert Mudoch/Fox News" The UnitedNations NAFTA WTO "The Anti-Intellectuals" "The Christians" "The Catholics" "The Protestants" "The Fundamentalists" (for me that means "Evangelists" and Bible-thumpers, [BAM]) "The bad guys" "The Communists" "The Russkies" "North Korea" Cuba Red China, INC. "The AxisOfEvil?" Iran Iraq (up until 2007, at any rate) North Korea "The Dictators" SaddamHussein - Yes. . . Bush has placed SaddamHussein at two levels - it doubles the people's hatred "The Terrorists" AlQaeda Spain's ETA RedArmyFaction? SaddamHussein "The Jews" Manipulate the press Manipulate Hollywood Manipulate Banks Manipulate Middle-East wars "The Paranoid" "The Militias" "The racists" "The fed-haters" "The conspiracy theorists" "The One World Orderists" "The anti-WTO/anti-corporatists" "The GrandConspiracy theorists" Extraterrestrial Interventionists UFO believers -- not to be confused with ufologists, which strive for scientific rigor in examining the evidence, and actually discard themselves 98% or more of all reported cases. The financial markets Swiss bankers Wall Street The IMF Organized crime El coso nostro (the Italian mafia) Latin American druglords Russian mafia Chinese "triads" Business monopolies and cartels -- Some believe this is just part of the RightWingConspiracy? MicroSoft De Beers OPEC BigOil? (oil refinery corporations) Monsanto WalMart"

Sin_and_Sorrow Joined Sun 01/01/12 Posts: 5757	Tue 02/21/12 12:52 PM
Here's something for those who enjoy conspiracy. How old is that map? Who were the makers and producers? What market was it meant to be distributed in? Are the land masses proportionate to actual measures? The greatest conspiracies, encompassing entire societies, are those most ignored, particularly within the population. Such conspiracy is all around us in fact it's institutionalized to such a great extent that we don't even recognize it in our everyday lives. Better than basket weaving or needle point but it takes an open mind and the risk is having to face 'facts'. There is only East. There is only North. Compasses are fake and only point to which 'tip' you are closer to. God is an ancient method of control. The planet we lived on is Second Earth. Our original planet was the Sun. We lived there with Dinosaurs. Before we destroyed it. The survivors crash landed here on Earth. But only because we over shot Venus. In retro. We created the sun. Man has no true purpose. So we created God so we had one. We forged a long history. With little of it actually holding truth. We destroyed the original inhabitants of this planet. They were actually peaceful. We stole their language. Called it, the language of God. Later, we remade language. Even made some varieties. To help maintain our stacking lies. We tried to convince people the Earth was flat. But should have known. Someone would prove that a lie. We created aliens. To make us awe space. When our original spaceships. Are hidden in the ocean. Wow... Conspiracies are fun. :D I could write a novel on it. grabs his pen and doesn't finish what he was saying

volant7 Joined Thu 06/02/11 Posts: 616	Wed 02/22/12 12:59 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwVHeHhiLfU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzEeq5Adi0c

RKISIT Joined Tue 01/08/08 Posts: 16721	Wed 02/22/12 06:44 AM
I always thought conspiracies start when the answer to a question is questionable.

Conrad_73 Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 22488	Wed 02/22/12 09:40 AM
"A GrandConspiracy theory is any theory that says the state of the world (or the nation, etc.) is due to the actions of a small cabal of powerful and malevolent conspirators. The alleged conspirators are seldom identified specifically. Instead, it is usually claimed that the conspirators are the members (or a subset) of a religious group (Jews and Catholics have long been favorite targets), a government (the US is a popular bogeyman, as is the USSR - despite no longer existing as such), a socioeconomic group, a corporation (Monsanto, Microsoft, OneWorldAlliance), the United Nations, various think-tanks and public policy organizations (the Tri-Lateral Commission?), ancient societies (BavarianIlluminati, masons), an ethnic group or nationality, the Clintons, the Bushes, the Kennedys, or any other convenient target which the speaker wishes to demonize." "According to GrandConspiracy theorists, the world is divided into three parts: The conspirators themselves A small group of "freethinkers" who are aware of the conspiracy, and are actively opposing it. (The speaker is almost always in this group, according to the speaker). That the freethinkers have little success (or may even be regarded as kooks) is evidence of how effective and wide-reaching the conspiracy is. (See StonesLaw) The majority of the people, who are unaware of the "conspiracy". The speaker's opponent is almost always in this group. Often times, the speaker asserts that the unaware majority are "sheep", too dim-witted and passive to know or care about what is "really going on in the world". Similar pejorative remarks are often employed." "Many GrandConspiracy believers think of it as a hierarchy of conspiracies - a "trickle-down" conspiracy. The masters don't really care about gays or liberals - but they see the value in pitting groups against each other. Most GrandConspiracy theorists accept that they are implicitly part of the conspiracy (if they are part of society) - but they are helpless to escape it. The chart is generally like this: Each level fights or assists others of the same level GrandConspirators? - These are the ones whose motivation is unknown to us (usually Bilderbergs, Illuminati, Masons, etc - high level secretive "societies") "The Liberals" France "The Intellectuals" "The Liberal Media" "Hollwood" "The Druggies" "TedTurner?" "The Homosexual Agenda" "The Feminists" "The Gays" "Tinky-winky, the purple Teletubby and "Bert and Ernie" and "Spongebob Squarepants" and "James the Red Engine" "The Clintons" "The Kennedys" "The RightWingConspiracy?" "The OneWorldOrder?" "The Bushes" "The Neocons" "The Mega-Corporations" The Koch Bros** "Rupert Mudoch/Fox News" The UnitedNations NAFTA WTO "The Anti-Intellectuals" "The Christians" "The Catholics" "The Protestants" "The Fundamentalists" (for me that means "Evangelists" and Bible-thumpers, [BAM]) "The bad guys" "The Communists" "The Russkies" "North Korea" Cuba Red China, INC. "The AxisOfEvil?" Iran Iraq (up until 2007, at any rate) North Korea "The Dictators" SaddamHussein - Yes. . . Bush has placed SaddamHussein at two levels - it doubles the people's hatred "The Terrorists" AlQaeda Spain's ETA RedArmyFaction? SaddamHussein "The Jews" Manipulate the press Manipulate Hollywood Manipulate Banks Manipulate Middle-East wars "The Paranoid" "The Militias" "The racists" "The fed-haters" "The conspiracy theorists" "The One World Orderists" "The anti-WTO/anti-corporatists" "The GrandConspiracy theorists" Extraterrestrial Interventionists UFO believers -- not to be confused with ufologists, which strive for scientific rigor in examining the evidence, and actually discard themselves 98% or more of all reported cases. The financial markets Swiss bankers Wall Street The IMF Organized crime El coso nostro (the Italian mafia) Latin American druglords Russian mafia Chinese "triads" Business monopolies and cartels -- Some believe this is just part of the RightWingConspiracy? MicroSoft De Beers OPEC BigOil? (oil refinery corporations) Monsanto WalMart" OMG,they are all in on it? We're done for! Batten Down The Hatches!

Leigh2154 Joined Sun 10/02/11 Posts: 16479	Wed 02/22/12 09:44 AM
[ OMG,they are all in on it? We're done for! Batten Down The Hatches!

Sin_and_Sorrow Joined Sun 01/01/12 Posts: 5757	Wed 02/22/12 10:17 AM
I always thought conspiracies start when the answer to a question is questionable. ..they do. ..and I just created a crap load of them. Who is to say we didn't create the sun? Some way or another.. Who is to say we don't have space craft buried beneath the sea and that's why the government's are far more hellbent on diverting our attentions to space rather than what's already on our Earth? Etc. :)