Tonio
Asperger's Poster Child
Ah yes, the old "It's a conspiracy" cry rears its butt-ugly head!
There are no "conspiracies". I think I first realized this when I read a copy of a UFO magazine. It's one thing to believe that aliens may occasionally come to Earth to check us out. It's quite another to suggest that the government is collaborating with some alien power to kidnap ordinary citizens for scientific experiments.
On Sept. 11, I think all of us were in a similar state of mind as the person who sees a UFO. The event was simply incomprehensible. Nothing about the world made sense. So some people, like Rep. Cynthia McKinney, struggle desperately to find any explanation that makes sense.
I don't know what demons live in McKinney's head. She may not be able to accept that a group of religious zealots outfoxed the best military in the world. My guess is that it's far easier for her to believe that a secret cabal in the US government let it happen.
I spent some time recently looking for information on the safety of child vaccinations. I found the same "conspiracy" syndrome. Many (not all) of the anti-vaccination sites espose the viewpoint that the medical profession is in cahoots with the pharmaceutical companies to push vaccinations on the American public. Some of the leaders of these groups have lost their own children to reactions from vaccines, and I can sympathize with their loss. That doesn't mean I believe they are right.
Look, even the monsters who engineered Sept. 11 were convinced that the U.S. and Israel are plotting to keep the Arab world enslaved. We all crave a sense of safety. We all felt powerless when we saw the planes crash into the World Trade Center. The hard part for me was in accepting that there are things I can do and things I cannot do. I found solace in the heroism shown by the passengers on the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. I hope Cynthia McKinney can do the same.
There are no "conspiracies". I think I first realized this when I read a copy of a UFO magazine. It's one thing to believe that aliens may occasionally come to Earth to check us out. It's quite another to suggest that the government is collaborating with some alien power to kidnap ordinary citizens for scientific experiments.
On Sept. 11, I think all of us were in a similar state of mind as the person who sees a UFO. The event was simply incomprehensible. Nothing about the world made sense. So some people, like Rep. Cynthia McKinney, struggle desperately to find any explanation that makes sense.
I don't know what demons live in McKinney's head. She may not be able to accept that a group of religious zealots outfoxed the best military in the world. My guess is that it's far easier for her to believe that a secret cabal in the US government let it happen.
I spent some time recently looking for information on the safety of child vaccinations. I found the same "conspiracy" syndrome. Many (not all) of the anti-vaccination sites espose the viewpoint that the medical profession is in cahoots with the pharmaceutical companies to push vaccinations on the American public. Some of the leaders of these groups have lost their own children to reactions from vaccines, and I can sympathize with their loss. That doesn't mean I believe they are right.
Look, even the monsters who engineered Sept. 11 were convinced that the U.S. and Israel are plotting to keep the Arab world enslaved. We all crave a sense of safety. We all felt powerless when we saw the planes crash into the World Trade Center. The hard part for me was in accepting that there are things I can do and things I cannot do. I found solace in the heroism shown by the passengers on the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. I hope Cynthia McKinney can do the same.
You know, the ones who want to move these fanatics to a closer location. 
