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CONSPIRACY NATION ACCUSED OF CONSPIRACY!
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(CNNS, 02/03/99) -- In a stunning development, a person or group
of persons connected with a "Round Table" has promoted the
accusation that this news service may itself be part of a
conspiracy.
The keen eyes of the Round Table penetrated beyond what had been
covered in the CNNS press release dated Feb. 2, 1999 ("Parallel
Universe Entered"), and focused their attention instead on what
had =not= been covered. By use of this "negative template"
method, the Knights of the Round Table uncovered missing facts
which have raised serious questions in some quarters.
The "negative template" method has previously been used by at
least one other researcher: Peter Dale Scott, in his excellent
book, "Deep Politics And The Death Of JFK." In that book,
Professor Scott (U of C, Berkeley) gives an example on how names
missing from a Justice Department list piqued his awareness:
"...for a name to be missing from the Justice Department list was
itself a lead, fallible to be sure, that the [missing] name might
turn out to be that of a significant figure..." [*Deep Politics
and the Death of JFK*. Berkeley: University of California
Press, 1993. ISBN: 0-520-08410-1.]
Yes, the Round Table Knights admit, the CNNS report, "Parallel
Universe Entered," does mention names such as Gary Sick, Jimmy
Carter, Sidney Blumenthal, and Vernon Jordan. But, note the
Knights piercingly, the CNNS article FAILS TO MENTION that "all
are Council on Foreign Relations members."
And the Knights wonder: Why has CNNS neglected to mention the
possibility that the ongoing scandal dramas in Washington, DC may
have been sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations?
"When a group called Conspiracy Nation prints conspiracy articles
that make no mention or connection to the group sponsoring the
conspiracy the conclusion may be that Conspiracy Nation is
helping with the conspiracy," suggest the Knights. And they
conclude ominously that "Conspiracy Nation [may] be a CFR/CIA
operation to find people 'interested' in conspiracy theory so
that they can neutralize their efforts."
Stunned by the cynical perceptiveness of the Round Table, which
rivals and out-distances our own, this news service needed some
good advice. We therefore turned to three unemployed
philosophers of our acquaintance: Glaucon, Polemarchus, and
Thrasymachus.
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CNNS: These "Round Table" people, whoever they are (I call them
the Knights of the Round Table), are saying that since I left out
certain details in a previous press release, that that means
something. It's like they've used Professor Scott's "negative
template" method and have discovered some clues with it. I turn
to you, wise ones, for your thoughts.
GLAUCON: It is most pleasing to see you again, Friend Brian,
even though the season is cold.
CNNS: But why call me "Friend Brian"? Could not the Knights
deduce from that, "He really means *Comrade* Brian. (And note
that his e-mail begins 'Big Red.')"
POLEMARCHUS: True. But by the Negative Template, this rather
means (since it is stated openly) that such cannot be the case.
THRASYMACHUS: But is the pointing out by Friend Brian of the
Friend/Comrade parallel a clever ruse, since it is he himself who
first notices the connection? Has he introduced it so as to
mis-lead even the wise?
GLAUCON: These thoughts are deep, and go in circles. Let us
rather deduce from what we know. For the Knights of the Round
Table are written on in many tales.
THRASYMACHUS: Around the year 500 A.D., German tribes, the
Angles and the Saxons, conquered the Britons. Many of the
Britons were slaughtered. But some of the Britons escaped to the
mountainous country of Wales. Then arose a mighty King, in South
Wales, by name of ARTHUR. In twelve battles, King Arthur
defeated the Angles and the Saxons. It was King Arthur who had a
special group of Knights, who sat at a Round Table. These were
called Knights of the Round Table.
POLEMARCHUS: But since they sat at a round table, would not
their talks have gone round, in circles?
THRASYMACHUS: It seems likely.
POLEMARCHUS: And if their talk went in circles, would not their
thoughts also? For thought must precede talk, just as does
breath.
THRASYMACHUS: It appears so.
GLAUCON: I see! For here is the key: Just as I'd said above
that "these thoughts are deep, and go in circles," so too do the
thoughts of the Knights go in circles.
POLEMARCHUS: Friend Brian, perchance the thoughts of these
Knights who have troubled your sleep are neither good nor bad,
right nor wrong. For these Knights, at their Round Table, must
needs talk on (since there is no end to a circle.)
CNNS: Okay. But how should I answer what they say?
GLAUCON: That is easy: Let the Knights themselves answer what
they say.
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