Conspiracy
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gerbieI just love conspiracy theories, I wish I was smart enough to make them up myself. However, with a bit of deduction and debate, one could come up with some good ones.
After September 11 president Bush' approval rates have gone up. Many democratic values have gone missing; the government is fighting a war on terrorism, though that last word can't be defined easily. Not only Bush has become stronger, also the army and everyone around there. The need to be protected is big again, after the cold war finally a new common enemy has been found. The secret services saw that they needed to cooperate, needed more funding, more attention. And by the time criticism on them grew too strong, suddenly there was this mysterious American Muslim who had been arrested because he possibly might have been considering of trying to attempt to build a dirty bomb (for those who aren't sure: yes I am sarcastic). On the other side the strong Jewish community has more evidence than ever that Islam is bad, their influence in the states has grown again.
Completely on the other side, Al Queda's name awareness has grown hugely over the last three quarters of a year. The people of Afghanistan have finally got rid of the Taliban, though Bin Laden hasn't been caught. This last one has shown his power, he was behind the attack (everyone assumes) but can't be linked directly, nor can he be found. His position is unique.
Up until now, everyone has benefited from the major disaster. Is it very cynical to assume there is a big plot behind all this? Would all people and organisations that have come out stronger really sacrifice thousands of lives? Call me whatever you like, but I think they would. History has taught us quite often that in search for power and direct gain, sacrifices are easily made. We probably will never find out the truth behind all this.
Second case: The murder of Fortuyn. Probably not as high profile as the previous case, as one political murder in a small country will never draw as much attention. Nevertheless, for those on this side of the ocean who know what I'm talking about it must be understandable. This supposed killer came from an environmental organisation. He has still to make a statement, though it seems fairly obvious he did it. The weapon on him is the weapon that killed Fortuyn. Just a few random points to prove that this case stinks as much as the previous ones.
1. Fortuyn was shot six times. From close range, that's true. Still being hit five times in essential places would qualify Van der G. as an Olympian immediately. Yet he has no licence for a weapon, nor is he a member of a shooting club. Where did he learn to shoot like this?
2. The calibre of the weapon was heavier than most 'normal' weapons. How did he manage to get his hands on this?
3. Even though he hasn't made a statement, the first thing he told the police was the name of his lawyer, a firm that in the past has defended members of the Roter Armee Fraction. It does show that he knew what he was doing.
4. How often does the phrase 'Where are the police when you need them?" come up? Not now. Within 8 minutes of the shooting five police cars were there to arrest Van der G. Some of them even wearing extra strong bulletproof vests. How the hell is that possible, unless they knew in advance where they should have been?
5. The traditional power outside politics (clergy, top companies, and ministries) has a tendency towards right wing politics. At the time of the killing, the elections threatened to go to the small left wing parties and one independent brilliant politician. All this at the expense of the traditional big parties. Then a lefty (environmentalist!) kills the brilliant politician and both supposed winners did not win as expected. Instead the Christian democrats profited and snatched the victory.
6. We are not supposed to know names of suspects in any normal case, yet within hours of the murder, the name of the suspect was all over the Internet. Some foreign channels even named him with his full family name within the first 24 hours.
7. Now, a month and a half after the murder, we still know very little about the investigation. Some mistakes have been made, shouts of cover-ups within a week seem exaggerated to me, it is weird that we get very little information.
Third conspiracy: how come I got a new contract, but not a pay rise?
After September 11 president Bush' approval rates have gone up. Many democratic values have gone missing; the government is fighting a war on terrorism, though that last word can't be defined easily. Not only Bush has become stronger, also the army and everyone around there. The need to be protected is big again, after the cold war finally a new common enemy has been found. The secret services saw that they needed to cooperate, needed more funding, more attention. And by the time criticism on them grew too strong, suddenly there was this mysterious American Muslim who had been arrested because he possibly might have been considering of trying to attempt to build a dirty bomb (for those who aren't sure: yes I am sarcastic). On the other side the strong Jewish community has more evidence than ever that Islam is bad, their influence in the states has grown again.
Completely on the other side, Al Queda's name awareness has grown hugely over the last three quarters of a year. The people of Afghanistan have finally got rid of the Taliban, though Bin Laden hasn't been caught. This last one has shown his power, he was behind the attack (everyone assumes) but can't be linked directly, nor can he be found. His position is unique.
Up until now, everyone has benefited from the major disaster. Is it very cynical to assume there is a big plot behind all this? Would all people and organisations that have come out stronger really sacrifice thousands of lives? Call me whatever you like, but I think they would. History has taught us quite often that in search for power and direct gain, sacrifices are easily made. We probably will never find out the truth behind all this.
Second case: The murder of Fortuyn. Probably not as high profile as the previous case, as one political murder in a small country will never draw as much attention. Nevertheless, for those on this side of the ocean who know what I'm talking about it must be understandable. This supposed killer came from an environmental organisation. He has still to make a statement, though it seems fairly obvious he did it. The weapon on him is the weapon that killed Fortuyn. Just a few random points to prove that this case stinks as much as the previous ones.
1. Fortuyn was shot six times. From close range, that's true. Still being hit five times in essential places would qualify Van der G. as an Olympian immediately. Yet he has no licence for a weapon, nor is he a member of a shooting club. Where did he learn to shoot like this?
2. The calibre of the weapon was heavier than most 'normal' weapons. How did he manage to get his hands on this?
3. Even though he hasn't made a statement, the first thing he told the police was the name of his lawyer, a firm that in the past has defended members of the Roter Armee Fraction. It does show that he knew what he was doing.
4. How often does the phrase 'Where are the police when you need them?" come up? Not now. Within 8 minutes of the shooting five police cars were there to arrest Van der G. Some of them even wearing extra strong bulletproof vests. How the hell is that possible, unless they knew in advance where they should have been?
5. The traditional power outside politics (clergy, top companies, and ministries) has a tendency towards right wing politics. At the time of the killing, the elections threatened to go to the small left wing parties and one independent brilliant politician. All this at the expense of the traditional big parties. Then a lefty (environmentalist!) kills the brilliant politician and both supposed winners did not win as expected. Instead the Christian democrats profited and snatched the victory.
6. We are not supposed to know names of suspects in any normal case, yet within hours of the murder, the name of the suspect was all over the Internet. Some foreign channels even named him with his full family name within the first 24 hours.
7. Now, a month and a half after the murder, we still know very little about the investigation. Some mistakes have been made, shouts of cover-ups within a week seem exaggerated to me, it is weird that we get very little information.
Third conspiracy: how come I got a new contract, but not a pay rise?
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hehe
Date: 2002-06-22 05:43 am (UTC)Waaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttt!!! Who turned up the heat??? Maybe it's a conspiracy to lull us into submission. hmm.
Re: hehe
Date: 2002-06-22 04:30 pm (UTC)Re: hehe
Date: 2002-06-22 07:30 pm (UTC)It's true that some people did benifit from 9/11. I don't, however, think in ANY way that it was allowed to happen. I think that US intelligence gets threats all the time, the vast majority are completely false. True, security should have been stepped up, something should've been done...but it's so easy to judge after the fact. I never liked Bush (said that a million times!) but, I don't think he is some evil psycho that willfully allowed a devastating attack on the US in order to come out like some kind of hero.
If, however, conspiracy theories are right...I don't want to know. I am happy the way I am, in the dark. Believing that there are mostly good people in this world. Believing that I am safe and that I will continue to enjoy my life, my family and friends..all of it. I don't want to live in fear or paranoia.
(The following could be frozen drink induced, sounds a little silly..but I mean it.)
I basically believe that things happen for a reason. That we are all here to learn from each other and ourselves. So maybe any good that does come out of 9/11 can just be taken as a gift, instead of assumed to be some kind of twisted plot. The Taliban needed to go down..way before September. It's good to see Americans show some love for their country, instead of being so used to complaining. Conspiracy theories and pointing fingers only show that the world has gone back to normal. People are no longer inspired to unite, it's business as usual.
Re: hehe
Date: 2002-06-23 11:16 am (UTC)People complaining about their country to me is a sign that things are going great. If they're really into trouble, they wouldn't bother moaning, only when they've got time on their hands and things go well, just not brilliant, people start acting. The fundament of capitalism: more more more.