No, I mean conspiracy theory as one that lacks credible evidence to back it up. See: we didn't land on the moon, 9/11 was an inside job, Obama is a Kenyan, and just about everything that is blamed on the Jews. Another hallmark of a conspiracy theory is that any evidence that contradicts the theory is used by the theorists to support the conspiracy. This is why people still think the World Trade Center was demolished, even though all the credible scientists say otherwise. As for the conspiracy theories that have shown to be true, I'd love to hear your examples. Also, I know it is trendy to bash the mainstream media and even the media is jumping on that bandwagon. But that doesn't mean that Glen Beck or an underground anarchist paper is any more credible than the National Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Toronto Star, or the New York Times. In fact, it is quite the opposite.
Jesse On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Rick Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > And btw, what exactly do you consider a 'conspiracy theory'? Could it > perhaps be something that just doesn't 'sound like something i want to > believe'? Much of what the mainstream media feeds us is the illegitimate > bullshit. Don't be so quick to dismiss something without checking the > evidence. Labeling something a 'conspiracy theory' is an easy cop-out to > avoid learning the uncomfortable truths in this world. Considering how many > 'conspiracy theories' have come true by now, we should really be past > this... > > On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Greg Saunders <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I believe Royce was referring to the third movie in the series >> (released Jan 2011). While I remember the first movie to be a little >> "conspiracy theory over the top", I did not get that from the third. >> >> "Zeitgeist: Moving Forward" is hyper critical of the money system, >> monetary policy, modern capitalism and rampant consumerism; coupled with >> engineered obsolescence on a planet with finite resources as being a recipe >> for complete collapse and decay of our societies ... physical, >> moral, psychological and emotional decay. >> >> I found the solutions interesting but I couldn't stop thinking, "not with >> this species and not anywhere in the foreseeable future". >> >> I think what Royce was getting at and what I too believe is that >> collective human ingenuity is capable to solving any challenge, open source >> software being one that this list should be able to related to. Just scale >> it up :) >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Jesse Kline <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Royce Souther <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> This movie is free to download and should be shared with as many people >>>> as you can. >>>> >>> >>> It also incorporates just about every conspiracy theory under the sun. >>> Not very legitimate in my books. >>> >>> Jesse >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> clug-talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>> **Please remove these lines when replying >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > -- Jesse Kline, M.J. Freelance Journalist http://jesse.kline.ca/
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