[mos6507]

This article is right on the money on how I feel about tinfoil hattery. This quote in particular NAILS it:

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')The problem with most conspiracy theories is that they are a mixture of faith-based cynicism and exceptional credulity when it comes to the theories themselves. They don't judge the theories by the same standards by which they ask you to judge the official version.

[dinopello]

Without conspiracies and porn, what would we need the internet for ?

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '[')url=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/26/skeptics_of_the_world_unite]This article[/url] is right on the money on how I feel about tinfoil hattery. This quote in particular NAILS it:

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')The problem with most conspiracy theories is that they are a mixture of faith-based cynicism and exceptional credulity when it comes to the theories themselves. They don't judge the theories by the same standards by which they ask you to judge the official version.

[ian807]

I'm with you on this one. Peak oil only requires the ability to do arithmetic. Thinking the USA is responsible for 9/11 requires a leap of faith - a big one.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ian807', 'T')hinking the USA is responsible for 9/11 requires a leap of faith - a big one.

[mos6507]

And so now we'll have another 100 pages of 911 trooth.

Hell hath no fury like a tinfoiler scorned.

[ian807]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', '
')By USA you mean Bush&co or anybody associated with USA in any way?

[dukey]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ian807', 'I')'m with you on this one. Peak oil only requires the ability to do arithmetic. Thinking the USA is responsible for 9/11 requires a leap of faith - a big one.

[shortonsense]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '[')url=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/26/skeptics_of_the_world_unite]This article[/url] is right on the money on how I feel about tinfoil hattery. This quote in particular NAILS it:

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')The problem with most conspiracy theories is that they are a mixture of faith-based cynicism and exceptional credulity when it comes to the theories themselves. They don't judge the theories by the same standards by which they ask you to judge the official version.

[Ludi]

MY belief is the Truth - YOUR belief is tinfoil!

[Revi]

Most people think peak oil is some kind of a conspiracy theory. It's hard to explain it in a way so they think it isn't some kind of a liberal plot to destroy their way of life.

[SeaGypsy]

Most people are very gullible. I don't give a hoot if Mos or anyone else wants to label me a Tinfoiler. I highly suspect anyone who does not think WTC7 was deliberately demolished and hence the whole story is sus. Refusing to look at evidence which contradicts your pre-judgement shows the limits of your mental capacity, not mine.
The fact that someone as generally sensible as Mos can buy into the official story shows the power weilded by TPTB is pervasive.
If you didn't want this to turn into another 9/11 thread, why not just stick it there?
Goebels was the 1st mega master brainwasher, using the power of the 1st serious public address amplification system. Being able to speak to up to a million people at a time was what brought Hitler to power. Unlike the radio, which was usually heard at home, mass rallies and PA systems had the advantage of group psychology.
As TV came into center stage as a brainwashing tool, during the 50's and 60's, it's subversion was as natural as Goebels'/ Hitler's 1st use of the PA.
The internet has created a much more complex environment for spinners.
Within hours of the WTC attacks the net had people raising questions about authenticity of the events. From that day, people have made their living continuing to spin the official story, out of necessity.
As Rupert Murdoch said, "He who controls the media and it's content, controls what people think and therefore how they will act."
This is exactly why various countries are in the process of setting up Chinese style internet firewalls, to attempt to gain control of the net before TV and newspapers lose brainwashing power status.
The fact is people are beginning to think for themselves and to do their own research. TPTB would prefer they just believed as they were told; like they did in the early Nuremberg rallies.
This is an often overlooked aspect of the evil done in those dark days.
Goebels should be remembered and his methods should be part of a sane persons reflections on MSM.
People like Mos should remember that 'Tinfoilers' like me are what stands between current reality and a re-emergence of totalitarian fascism.
I don't care if people don't believe what I say. Especially because really all I am saying is "Use your own brain."
If you don't want to or it hurts to think, take an asprin.

[shortonsense]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'M')ost people think peak oil is some kind of a conspiracy theory. It's hard to explain it in a way so they think it isn't some kind of a liberal plot to destroy their way of life.

[SeaGypsy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shortonsense', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'M')ost people think peak oil is some kind of a conspiracy theory. It's hard to explain it in a way so they think it isn't some kind of a liberal plot to destroy their way of life.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', '
')People like Mos should remember that 'Tinfoilers' like me are what stands between current reality and a re-emergence of totalitarian fascism.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '[')url=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/26/skeptics_of_the_world_unite]This article[/url] is right on the money on how I feel about tinfoil hattery. This quote in particular NAILS it:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')The problem with most conspiracy theories is that they are a mixture of faith-based cynicism and exceptional credulity when it comes to the theories themselves. They don't judge the theories by the same standards by which they ask you to judge the official version.

[Homesteader]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'M')Y belief is the Truth - YOUR belief is tinfoil!

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Homesteader', 'u')nquestioningly accepting every official state sanctioned action and word as the god-given truth

[shortonsense]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Homesteader', '
')Mos's incessant whining about people not unquestioningly accepting every official state sanctioned action and word as the god-given truth gets enough air time without a thread dedicated to it.

[SeaGypsy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', '
')People like Mos should remember that 'Tinfoilers' like me are what stands between current reality and a re-emergence of totalitarian fascism.