Conspiracy Theory
Man, I'm turning into a conspiracy theorist. I hope I don't end up locked in my room in fear of "the man". Although I doubt that will really happen.
In all seriousness, I've always been suspicious of the government and any organized groups, and even in every day situations I tend to be cautious of unknown situations and encounters. But in light of the situation with the election, the war in Iraq, the questioning of the news media, I really don't feel that we're (we're = normal everyday people) being told the truth. But it's hard to say what "the truth" is. One side of the story might stretch the facts one way, while the flip side stretches them the other way. So really the what we're being fed as truth in these situations is anything but.
I'm in the middle of reading The Da Vinci Code, and I'm loving it. I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't read it, but man, it makes you think. I've always been skeptical of religion, and where some people say the Bible is the truth, I say, who says so? I don't disapprove of religion, but for me to buy into something I have to truly believe it. (Does believing in something make it true? Or is truth in the eye of the beholder?) For all I know I could be wrong, the Bible could be the truth, but who's to say it's not a book that someone fabricated to sell their ideas?
As the book interestingly points out (yes I know it is a fiction book), history books are always written by the winners. So really even history books in a vague sense could be no better than propaganda. It really makes you wonder.
So by me now believing that there is voter fraud and that votes were miscounted and taken away and messed with, am I just buying into the hype? Maybe. But again maybe not. I always figure it's good to be suspicious. Some people dismiss these claims as being far fetched. But who's to say? I don't believe everything I hear, but I also don't necessarily think everything is driven by some mad conspiracy. I simply stake my place in the middle, and consider both sides. And then of course I can have my opinions, right?
In all seriousness, I've always been suspicious of the government and any organized groups, and even in every day situations I tend to be cautious of unknown situations and encounters. But in light of the situation with the election, the war in Iraq, the questioning of the news media, I really don't feel that we're (we're = normal everyday people) being told the truth. But it's hard to say what "the truth" is. One side of the story might stretch the facts one way, while the flip side stretches them the other way. So really the what we're being fed as truth in these situations is anything but.
I'm in the middle of reading The Da Vinci Code, and I'm loving it. I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't read it, but man, it makes you think. I've always been skeptical of religion, and where some people say the Bible is the truth, I say, who says so? I don't disapprove of religion, but for me to buy into something I have to truly believe it. (Does believing in something make it true? Or is truth in the eye of the beholder?) For all I know I could be wrong, the Bible could be the truth, but who's to say it's not a book that someone fabricated to sell their ideas?
As the book interestingly points out (yes I know it is a fiction book), history books are always written by the winners. So really even history books in a vague sense could be no better than propaganda. It really makes you wonder.
So by me now believing that there is voter fraud and that votes were miscounted and taken away and messed with, am I just buying into the hype? Maybe. But again maybe not. I always figure it's good to be suspicious. Some people dismiss these claims as being far fetched. But who's to say? I don't believe everything I hear, but I also don't necessarily think everything is driven by some mad conspiracy. I simply stake my place in the middle, and consider both sides. And then of course I can have my opinions, right?
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