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Re: Conspiracy theories: little green men
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:53:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Kirby Warden writes:
> There is link somewhere in my favorites folder that I cannot find at the
> moment (this folder is dire need of organizing) which offers a cite about a
> creationist who would not believe a scientist about the Earth being round
> rather than flat. The scientist produced a photograph showing proof of the
> Earth's roundness, but the creationist replied something like this..."I can
> see how such an image could decieve a person"...
I've read that quote--I think it was this guy:
http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/032601/usn_flatearth.shtml
but this article doesn't show the quote.
> Some people only accept solid, personal experience and/or observation. I
> have seen enough "doctured" images in movies (Forest Gump) to know that we
> can, in fact, fake our photography. I think many of the conspiracists are
> also aware of this and find it rather chilling knowing how easy
> entertainment can "fix" an image...what could a national government do to
> convince a society that something was real when, in fact it was not?
There was, of course, that awful movie "Wag the Dog."
Dave!
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 | | Re: Conspiracy theories: little green men
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| (...) yup, i think that was him. I looked around some more for my link, but I think i might not have actually saved it. In fact, I might have found it somewhere around Lugnet, but am not sure where to start looking, it has been a couple of months (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes: <snip> (...) There is link somewhere in my favorites folder that I cannot find at the moment (this folder is dire need of organizing) which offers a cite about a creationist who would not believe a (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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