Thread: Korean Airlines Flight 007 survivors and other alleged conspiracies

Но вы принципиально отклоняете возможность провокации, хотя история знает бесчисленное количество подобных примеров. Особенно когда надо было начать войну или ограничить свободу жителей страны.

the hijackers were actually fanatical American CIA agents, and not fanatical foreign Islamists.

Let me emphasize very clearly that I don't personally believe this!

But I will certainly admit to Marcus that this line of argument is "less weak", and more difficult to disprove, than many of the other "Truth About 9/11" alternative theories.

Also...

Originally Posted by Marcus

Но вы принципиально отклоняете возможность провокации

А вы склоняетесь к необходимости провокации! As you wrote, "атаки... произвели сногсшибательный эффект, который не мог быть достигнут другим путём."

If one is predisposed to believe in the necessity of a big Machiavellian conspiracy, then every piece of evidence will seem to you to support the existence of the conspiracy -- and any contrary piece of evidence only proves that the conspiracy is even bigger than you suspected.

Just as for Young Earth Creationists, the fact that biologists, physicists, geologists, and astronomers are all in general agreement that the Earth is around 4.5 billion years old, simply proves that they're all participating in an atheist conspiracy to discredit the Bible!

So, while I respect Marcus for being skeptical about the "official government version", and I understand that it's important to consider alternative hypotheses, I also think that a склонность к теориям заговора -- это вредно умственному здоровью! (I'm not sure if I said that correctly -- I meant, "a tendency towards conspiracy theories is harmful to intellectual health").