helterskelter808

I think some conspiracy theories (the craziest ones) are put out there to discredit/distract attention from more plausible ideas. I think conspiracy theories, even wacky ones, are great and would make great movies, even if I don't necessarily believe them myself.

I try to keep an open mind about things which are unknown or unproven, but I think swallowing wholesale a conspiracy theory from the Government is perhaps even worse than repeating the most batshit crazy theory from a random blogger. At least with the latter you're not on the side of the ones trying to stamp you out.

I'm not comparing anyone to Nazis, but the Nazis (or Soviets if you like, or Pol Pot) are reminders of just how far Governments can and will go if they get the chance. Anything and everything below that is possible.

So the belief that some people have that a Government "couldn't" do this or that (such as murder its own citizens) is absurd, and in this day and age incredibly naive.

There are too many holes and questions in the official story for an intelligent thinking person to fully accept it. You don't have to believe Bush and Co had the remote controls to the planes in their hands to find it hard to believe that they didn't know something was going to happen.

But I just had to comment on these two oft-repeated points by the pro-Government conspiracy theory side:

Why is it you believe it would take "thousands" of Government personnel to do 9/11 yet you're happy to swallow the idea that it took just 20 cave dwelling peasants to do it?

Why is it you believe the US Government can't keep a secret (so who killed JFK?) yet you believe the most dangerous terrorist group in the world, monitored 25/8 by multiple intelligence agencies around the world, could keep their evil plan under wraps?