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>From time to time this issue has arisen here as people ask if this list is being
>duped or controlled (in good conspiratorial fashion I might add). There is no way to
>know for sure, since we could all be lying about who we are and what we do, thus if I
>say I am just a Joe Sixpack who lives in Pennsylvania and have no connections to the
>government it might be true, or I might, in fact be working out of an office deep in
>the bowels of some government computer lab in Virginia. It really does no good for
>us to question the validity of this list and those who post here, since we can never
>KNOW that what we read is real. Thus I ASSUME that some of what is presented here is
>propaganda and designed to spread a belief or a mindset, whether sent by a government
>infiltrator, or someone else with an agenda that they strongly believe in. BUT, not
>all of it is. One must be able to read and judge for ones own self. Take what is
>valuable to you and discard the rest. Conspiracy Theory is much like any other
>"Belief System", be it religion or otherwise. Typically, one has a dogma that "just
>seems right to you" and one shapes ones views according to that dogma, accepting
>evidence that fits the model, rejecting and discrediting evidence that does not.
>Just like religious belief (and other dogmas that are strongly held). I'll give you
>an example. I don't believe that UFO's are EVER hard physical craft that are from
>and or piloted by aliens from somehwere other than Earth. I will scoff at "evidence"
>(see I even put the word evidence in parentheses to illustrate my lack of trust in
>it) that would seem to support this notion. I will gladly refute and discredit that
>evidence and embrace evidence that promotes my beliefs.
Conspiracy theory is this way, it becomes a dogma with a set of parameters that each
of us have and hold dear.
Having said all that it is important to keep an open mind and be willing to at least
listen to other points of view, and to allow others to express those views (though
there are some topics which are discouraged from this list due to past circumstances)
without rancor.
I believe this list does an admirable job of it, even though I scoff at or give no
credence to some of what is presented here, I am thankful that the posters have a
place to go and a venue to share that information, and I am glad I am a part of it.
Of course, I may just be an advanced computer program. . .
"Welcome to the desert of the real." Morpheus, in The Matrix
"My God it's full of stars!" Dave Bowman, in 2001: A Space
Odyssey
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