Is Bin Laden really dead?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

when the news announced pictures of "inside OBL's mansion, I was expecting to see a mansion. It is a dump.

Pretty luxy for the 8th century, however.

[Arse]

when the news announced pictures of "inside OBL's mansion, I was expecting to see a mansion. It is a dump.

That's what I thought. I would describe it as a large shack, not a mansion.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Originally Posted by Mr.Herbert View Post
I walked into the bar today. Asked the bartender, "Give me a Bin Laden."

He said "What's in it?"

I told him, " Two Shots and a splash of water."

[Tigger]

These conspiracy theorists are more annoying than wooists. At least yer religious deludee has the good grace to (largely) stick to one topic (i.e. God), and sort of adhere to the shite that's contained in their single tome of choice; the conspiracy theorist (and it's NOT a fucking theory, you've hijacked that word and you don't know what it really means) just makes stuff up about a plethora of random and varied world events with the apparent backing and authority of science behind them. Bollocks.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

abovetopsecret.com is frothing! This is the biggest thing for them since Mechagodzilla destroyed Fukushima on orders of the NWO.

[Ian]

If the US for some weird reason made this up, and in a few weeks Bin Laden popped up on video, basically saying "liar, liar, pants on fire" it would be a massive embarresment for the US.

That's an understatement, to put it mildly. If Bin Laden turned out to be alive and free after this announcement, that'd pretty much be the end of the Obama administration. Even I wouldn't vote for him next year. If he somehow turned out to be alive but captured, that'd be different.

This is the axiom of conspiracy theories: the bigger the news story, the more likely there are to be a wide range of batshit theories folowing it. Even when they completely defy all sense of reason or evidence.

Does this axiom have an official name? If not, I call dibs on naming it. Ian's Law of Conspiracy Theories.

[sandinista]

dead or alive, one thing that is virtually a guarantee is that the official US story is not true.

[JimC]

dead or alive, one thing that is virtually a guarantee is that the official US story is not true.

Too much of a blanket statement. The official US story has not yet coalesced; when it does, it may leave some details out, add some spin or be misleading in some respects. But, give he is dead (or, more improbably, incarcerated) via US action, the essence of the story is correct.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

dead or alive, one thing that is virtually a guarantee is that the official US story is not true.

Too much of a blanket statement. The official US story has not yet coalesced; when it does, it may leave some details out, add some spin or be misleading in some respects. But, give he is dead (or, more improbably, incarcerated) via US action, the essence of the story is correct.

Good luck injecting reality into Sandy.

[sandinista]

dead or alive, one thing that is virtually a guarantee is that the official US story is not true.

Too much of a blanket statement. The official US story has not yet coalesced; when it does, it may leave some details out, add some spin or be misleading in some respects. But, give he is dead (or, more improbably, incarcerated) via US action, the essence of the story is correct.

blanket? If by blanket you mean true, The official US story will not be true.

dead or alive, one thing that is virtually a guarantee is that the official US story is not true.

Too much of a blanket statement. The official US story has not yet coalesced; when it does, it may leave some details out, add some spin or be misleading in some respects. But, give he is dead (or, more improbably, incarcerated) via US action, the essence of the story is correct.

Good luck injecting reality into Sandy.

[Rum]

These conspiracy theorists are more annoying than wooists. At least yer religious deludee has the good grace to (largely) stick to one topic (i.e. God), and sort of adhere to the shite that's contained in their single tome of choice; the conspiracy theorist (and it's NOT a fucking theory, you've hijacked that word and you don't know what it really means) just makes stuff up about a plethora of random and varied world events with the apparent backing and authority of science behind them. Bollocks.

Ditto: It is this sort of thing which makes me contemplate giving up using the internet now and again!

[charlou]

Yes. You're welcome.

[sandinista]

These conspiracy theorists are more annoying than wooists. At least yer religious deludee has the good grace to (largely) stick to one topic (i.e. God), and sort of adhere to the shite that's contained in their single tome of choice; the conspiracy theorist (and it's NOT a fucking theory, you've hijacked that word and you don't know what it really means) just makes stuff up about a plethora of random and varied world events with the apparent backing and authority of science behind them. Bollocks.

Ditto: It is this sort of thing which makes me contemplate giving up using the internet now and again!

Depends on what or who is considered a "conspiracy theorist". Even more annoying are individuals who believe that governments, or other powerful entities, don't outright lie, conspire, manipulate, etc. Especially when it comes to wars. Those people are as blinded by faith as religious fanatics.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

These conspiracy theorists are more annoying than wooists. At least yer religious deludee has the good grace to (largely) stick to one topic (i.e. God), and sort of adhere to the shite that's contained in their single tome of choice; the conspiracy theorist (and it's NOT a fucking theory, you've hijacked that word and you don't know what it really means) just makes stuff up about a plethora of random and varied world events with the apparent backing and authority of science behind them. Bollocks.

Ditto: It is this sort of thing which makes me contemplate giving up using the internet now and again!

Depends on what or who is considered a "conspiracy theorist". Even more annoying are individuals who believe that governments, or other powerful entities, don't outright lie, conspire, manipulate, etc. Especially when it comes to wars. Those people are as blinded by faith as religious fanatics.

As are those that believe that everything that those governments say has to be a lie!

[charlou]

I like skepticism and doubt.


Blurry line between those and paranoia, I guess, but I still like them.