Aljazeera: What do conspiracy theories say about us?

[Dabloodymess]

I happened to see this episode of 'The Stream' on Aljazeera and thought it might be interesting to some members here. IMO it offers a fairly balanced look at the conspiracy theorist sub culture... the guest speakers in particular offer some interesting insights.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAfF7dsshRc[/youtube]

If you have the time to watch, I would like to hear your opinion on it.

 

[JulieW]

Interesting perspectives, especially the 'conspiracy theory' that 'conspiracy theory' was introduced post-JFK to muddy the waters of government actions.

Considering the conspiracies throughout history and the inclination of governements and individuals to keep their business secret beyond most need, it is inevitable that conspiracy theory will spread and inevitably there will be some true ones.

Personally I don't trust any 'official' story until I've seen as much evidence as I can. If someone bothers pursuing a conspiracy theory attached to it then I'll happily assess that too.

Hence my list of 'conspiracies' that I believe are real, is quite long.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlghYpDx0f4[/youtube]
(yes I know it's about Russia - probably - but look around)

So 'they' killed him:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBXjf8Jce10[/youtube]

(and I believe the JFK film taught 'them' an awful lot about how to 'control' the story)