Re: Saddam Hussein: A Trial of Error?

On Wednesday 17 December 2003 21:49, Andreas Pour wrote:
> As to the frequency of conspiracies - if a bunch of cops beat up on a
> "suspect", do you think they will tell the world?  If a surgeon makes a
> mistake and kills a patient, even if his co-workers notice, do you think
> they will tell the world? No, and these are all conspiracies

No, they are just an aspect of a sub-culture (cops, doctors). It's like saying 
japanese not liking "gaijins" is a conspiracy.

> One thing is for sure - the powerful, through the media, definitely like to
> disparage "conspiracy theories".

Have you ever worked in a large structure ? (big company or big 
administration). If so, I bet that you found its internal working to be much 
more cahotic than really organized. What makes you think it would be 
different for any government ?

> They want you to think that anyone who  
> thinks important events, attacks, assassinations and the like are actually
> *planned* (making them a conspiracy) is crazy.

Because in the vast majority of cases, they are. When confronted to a 
conspiracy theory, I find that Occam's Razor is a good friend. Especially 
it's main specialisation :  "don't assume malice for what stupidity can 
explain". At the moment, the US occupation of Iraq displays much more 
stupidity than cunningness.

-- 
						Guillaume.
						http://www.telegraph-road.org

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