I am very late to this, but what the hey. "... you cannot deny the possibility. " I also can not deny the possibility that nothing exists, the sky is not blue, and the desk I sit in front of four 14 hours a day is just a deranged dream, etc.. Possibility is always possible. Probability is another matter. As for some grand conspiracy, I find it highly unlikely, not mater what the conspiracy. Real conspiracies, big and small, consist of a few people agreeing to act in a particular manner. For example the whole FOSS community is a conspiracy against proprietary pay software. But when big things happen it is often because a few key, and/or many lesser, unrelated people, are acting in out of self interest. One ant does not know what the other ant is doing, but they act as a group because each ant knows that if they follow the trail there is a reward. So all the ants follow the trail. It is just that simple there is no great hive mind controlling them, just each ant looking out for it's own survival in the best way it knows how. -----Original Message----- From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Nathan Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 9:29 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT: remember On Wednesday 24 September 2008 05:31:49 Technomage Hawke wrote: > its just that I get rather a bit irked when someone comes out with a > new conspiracy theory. call it an exposed nerve for me. I tend to call it an inability to believe our government is capable of doing such a thing. Whether you believe it or not, you cannot deny the possibility. After all, if would _not_ be the first time in this countries presidential history they allowed us to be attacked to provoke the people into approval of a war. Conspiracy theories may be wack job ideas, but complete dismissal of some one elses views is just as dangerous. nathan --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss