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Old 05-05-2008, 02:41 PM   #16
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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.
There are conspiratorial groups, we just never identify them correctly. And the argument that those distrusting the government give us a good balance is a fair one, but in this instance Jones and his supporters are out there.
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