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Paragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:13 PM
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Petition to create a separate "conspiracy/tinfoil" forum
Edited on Thu May-13-04 01:26 PM by Paragon
Sign here.

ON EDIT: No one's trying to censor you or tell you you're wrong - it's just a subheading better left to it's own forum. Don't ask the rest of us to continually "hide threads" on a moderated GENERAL Discussion forum.
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ibegurpard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:14 PM
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1. absolutely not
who decides what's conspiracy and tinfoil?
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:16 PM
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7. the mods
the same as they do now when something is posted to the "wrong" forum.
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Paragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:17 PM
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It's kinda like the old definition of obscenity...
I'm not sure what it is, but I know it when I see it.
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ibegurpard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:18 PM
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9. Oh do you?
I'm glad you're not in charge.
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taxidriver Donating Member (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:14 PM
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2. good idea.
i'll second that.
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WoodrowFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:16 PM
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3. YES! PLEASE!
lower my blood pressure. After all the mods can move the threads just like they do now with non-breaking news that goes into "breaking news" and funny lounge stuff that gets in GD.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:16 PM
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4. There are criminal conspiracies to discuss with facts. I'm not signing.
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:16 PM
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5. No, thanks.
I can weed through them just fine.
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ParanoidPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:16 PM
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6. Quick question, a year ago, would Black Box Voting.......
.....have been forced off these pages and on to your 'tinfoil' forum? :shrug:
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ibegurpard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:17 PM
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8. yup
fuck that.
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ParanoidPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:24 PM
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20. Then absolutely NOT!
As much as I can't stand some of the 'conspiracy theory' threads that pop up here every time something really important breaks, I've seen too many very real stories get labeled as 'theories' only to be proved as fact by the researchers here.

A toast to those who dare to raise the questions and seek the truth! :toast: :)
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:19 PM
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13. How about US complicity in the overthrow of an elected leader?
Posts about the Venezuela coup would at first have been shoved off this board.

Until the 'tinfoil hatters' were proven right ... again.

:eyes:
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:18 PM
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10. Seems like
hide a thread would help you out just fine.
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el_gato Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:18 PM
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11. NO

There is no valid criterion by which to call something tinfoil or not.
In fact, it would just be an excuse for the labeling of something by people don't want to think about particular subjects.

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Mick Knox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:19 PM
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12. I would but
i'm not sure what would qualify as tin foil. Some are obvious - like this blood spurt stuff; other stuff walks a fine line. I'm not sure it would be enforceable.
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:21 PM
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14. How is the "blood spurt stuff" a conspiracy?
It's a medical fact that a living body has blood pressure and a corpse does not. Where's the tinfoil in that?
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ibegurpard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:23 PM
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18. It's obvious!
Can't you see that? It just is! :eyes:
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complain jane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:21 PM
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15. embarrassing question
What's the "tinfoil hat" reference? I don't know what the tinfoil hat means. Does that mean I am one?
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TheRedMan Donating Member (588 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:22 PM
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16. Much as I would like to, I disagree
The best answer to conspiracy theories is to expose them to general opinion.

Kind of like how talk radio people take for granted that Hillary is sabotaging Kerry so she can run for president in '08. Let these people express themselves in public, and see where these things stand.
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Minstrel Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:22 PM
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17. No.
Why not get rid of that tension in your neck with the "hide the thread" function?
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DUreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:24 PM
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19. We already have it, called LBN
Since most corporate media reporting is basically unsubstantiated allegations and crack-pot conspiracy

theory.
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-13-04 01:24 PM
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21. Locking
Please bring site administration issues to the Ask the Admin Forum.
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