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Old 05-05-2008, 02:48 PM   #18
Jeff Lebowski
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Originally Posted by MikeWaters View Post
I don't have a problem with conspiracy theorists in general, because they provide a check on govt. abuses. And sometimes they are right.

I'd be much more scared to live in a universe where no one questions the official line.

Prof. Jones has a role to play. Something inside him stirred, and he must follow the dictates that the universe has given him. He might be right. He might be wrong. It's no matter. It's the path that the must follow. I don't begrudge him of it.
I have no problem at all questioning the official line. But this movement is led by lunatics. Jones has the honor of being perhaps the most highly regarded academic to throw his hat in with the nutjobs. That's quite an honor.
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