tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post5603273251095584679..comments2023-09-05T12:51:25.656-05:00Comments on edittorrent: Conspiracy theoryEdittorrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-49407534991074563352010-12-20T21:42:41.869-06:002010-12-20T21:42:41.869-06:001) Two reasons why JFK has many conspiracy theorie...1) Two reasons why JFK has many conspiracy theories and 9/11 has fewer. The first has to do with the time. I don't think America expected a president, especially a fairly beloved president, to be killed. We were an optimistic, less cynical nation and we didn't see it coming.<br /><br />The second reason is 9/11, tragic as it is, made logical sense. Crappy Middle Eastern policy + the idea of jihad (which most of us had heard of), terrorists... it all came together for us. I think the conspiracy theories surrounding 9/11 had to do with the response... why did we really invade Iraq, because *that* didn't make sense.<br /><br />JFK didn't make sense - the lone gunman who got off the shot of a lifetime. I still don't see how it could have happened. Same with Marilyn Monroe - it didn't make sense that she'd take her own life at that time. We wanted another reason.<br /><br />2) What sort of sleuth do I prefer? I like an uber intelligent Sherlock Holmes sort of sleuth. See what I don't, explain what I can't. I can bring my own skepticism. ;)Robin Lemkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12254896327174187893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-64396652707521223812010-12-20T15:52:08.775-06:002010-12-20T15:52:08.775-06:00I don't read much conspiracy theory fiction, b...I don't read much conspiracy theory fiction, but I prefer the kind of protagonist who has to be convinced in general. It makes the story richer, and if the protagonist accept weird stuff without question or evidence, <i>I'm</i> going to be questioning it the whole time.Clare K. R. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841162467916897873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-67203451293660271672010-12-20T11:25:05.066-06:002010-12-20T11:25:05.066-06:00I've seen plenty of 9/11 conspiracy theories (...I've seen plenty of 9/11 conspiracy theories (what, you didn't know the US goverment instigated it so they had an excuse to go to war for oil?) and I'm not sure I subscribe to the 'everything is connected' tenet - to me, most of them look like 'someone had you fooled with an elaborate setup'. It looks almost like a subtype of a lot of speculative fiction - 'the mundane explanation isn't what's *really* going on'.<br /><br />As for who would be right to investigate - I have no idea. Again, it depends on the book you want to write - and there's a third type, the person with the open mind who doesn't really care one way or another, who just wants to find out the truth (or the murderer, or get the McGuffin back).green_knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16499896006012152260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-54459229795951324832010-12-20T10:37:20.685-06:002010-12-20T10:37:20.685-06:00I like the combination of the two.. kinda like Scu...I like the combination of the two.. kinda like Scully and Mulder. I find that the juxtapostion of the two mindsets make for a good conflict (it also doesn't hurt if there's a romantic element involved.. lol)Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15335026948607722749noreply@blogger.com