tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post115238648612768369..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1152634011090149932006-07-11T12:06:00.000-04:002006-07-11T12:06:00.000-04:00A conspiracy theory also, I might note, presuppose...A conspiracy theory also, I might note, presupposes that anyone in the Bush administration is either smart or organized enough to pull off a massive, perfectly coordinated scheme and then manage to cover all the evidence. If they could in reality manage this, then they would have been able to do any number of other things that they have stated the intent to do and then completely fucked up or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1152575136692921932006-07-10T19:45:00.000-04:002006-07-10T19:45:00.000-04:00Anonymous 2's "argument" seems to reduce to (1) th...Anonymous 2's "argument" seems to reduce to (1) this or that is possible, and (2) a conspiracy wraps up every fact into one compelling story.<BR/><BR/>Like the Pearl Harbor/FDR ravings before it, there's no evidence here.<BR/><BR/>The incompetence of large organizations is hard to overestimate - especially one run by these Mayberry Machiavellis. And the consequences of getting caught are so direAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1152507315342638512006-07-10T00:55:00.000-04:002006-07-10T00:55:00.000-04:00It seems to me that the 9/11 conspiracy theories o...It seems to me that the 9/11 conspiracy theories of extra aircraft and imploding buildings are baroque and excessive to the point of reeking of disinformation.<BR/><BR/>However, there is much to suggest that the Bush regime may have colluded with bin Laden to permit a spectacular attack when it might have been easily prevented or at least blunted.<BR/><BR/>The amount of incompetence we must Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1152460853854132492006-07-09T12:00:00.000-04:002006-07-09T12:00:00.000-04:00You can be plenty pissed of at idiots like Barrett...You can be plenty pissed of at idiots like Barrett, even as a liberal non-philosopher non-engineer. He's like Jeremy Rifkin--there are problems with the Bush administration, just as there are problems with some genetic engineering. But these idiots raise the noise level so high that it's much harder to hear the substantive criticisms. <BR/><BR/>That said, it would be no skin off my nose for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com