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Re: An armed society...(what if?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002 21:29:16 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John DiRienzo writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> > > There are 'rich guys' out there teaching the sheep how we can start to exploit
> > > these same loopholes.
> >
> > Can we please include "sheep" accusations in Godwin's law, too? I mean,
> > I'm not in the habit of calling conspiracy-theorists "paranoid, raving,
> > credulous buffoons," so I find it petty and annoying that non-believers of
> > conspiracy theory are called sheep.
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> Like any self-respecting and haughty high-born conspirator, I much prefer
> the term "great unwashed" to "the sheep." So let's go with that please.
Baaa!!
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> > But the scale or significance is the key, not to mention the "two can keep
> > a secret if one is dead" bit (was that Twain?) I mean, I'll come clean and
> > confess that I (along with several "illuminated" buddies) conspired to
> > switch locks on about two dozen lockers back in high school, and none of us
> > broke the code of silence until I did just now. But as the number of
> > conspirators increases, the chances of any one of them spilling the
> > beans--even accidentally--increases as well. A huge and insidious
> > multi-national Conspiracy, whose perimeter is everywhere and whose center is
> > nowhere, is unlikely.
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> Actually, I think existence of such is mandatory, but you say unlikely,
> how fascinating.
I like what CJ Creig said in WW once, and can't remember exact wording but
here's paraphrased...
"I take comfort in the fact that once 2 or more people know something, it's
impossible to keep it a secret for an extended period of time, therefore all
these conspiracy theorists are blowing it out their ear."
Roswell--bunk.
Government using polio shots to control the masses--pure grade bunk.
Canadians slowly taking over the entertainment industry--might be some truth
to that.
Government is as smart as the dumbest guy you elected to office--look at
your history and tell me how smart your government is. How can these people
keep secrets? From stained dresses to whatever else goes on--no one in
politics can keep a secret.
(We Canadians ain't much smarter, either :) )
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| (...) Hmm... Alanis Morisette => Some Retail Saint Maybe she's part of the plot to rework the commerce system with all that crazy monopoly money. Of course, Alanis Morisette also => Smartie Toenails. Hmm... And, now that I think of it, "Dave Thomas (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: An armed society...(what if?)
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| (...) I think that should be ammended to government can't be any smarter than the dumbest person (or sheep if you prefer) you let participate (vote) in it, but that doesn't sound very supportive of democracy, does it? However, it does explain a lot. (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Like any self-respecting and haughty high-born conspirator, I much prefer the term "great unwashed" to "the sheep." So let's go with that please. (...) Actually, I think existence of such is mandatory, but you say unlikely, how fascinating. (22 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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