On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote:
Just because something is written into the law does not mean that elite > machinations play no role. > If you allege elite machinations, but neither prove them, nor show that they're necessary, well, I think the situation speaks for itself. It's possible that Israeli commandos sneak into my apartment at night to hide my cell phone and keys too, but it's more likely that I'm simply absentminded, and if I went around claiming the first scenario, I would rightfully be considered a lunatic. > I wouldn't call conspiracy theories "common sense" but instead "silly." Reviewing my e-mails, I'm not sure how you could have misread them so badly (assuming that's a reference to anything I've written.) "Silly" is exactly my description of the dominant conspiracist discourse among leftists around PR. In fact, as I said a few e-mails back, it's the "silliest" of these discourses. Leftists: "Why has the Russian court system produced a result we dislike? Could it be because the overwhelming majority of Russians disagree with us and the Russian legal system reflects their opinions? Heavens, no! How could anything so obvious happen? Why, it must be that dastardly Putin again." -- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."
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