Someone in the chatroom chastised me for calling them a conspiracy theorist once.
I guess I coulda said wacked out nutjob.
Just a fyi, hyperbole does not make an internet site a valid information source. If your factual source is anything but cut and dried facts, its highly likely to be propaganda.
Conspiracy sites do two things...they instill apathy by creating world wide secret societies that no one can do anything about.
Number two....they salve the egos of those who think they know something others do not.
okay, but i heard from an expert on these matters that there
was one conspiracy in the history of world -
Watergate
was it a real conspiracy?
or is that still just a theory?
"Early in the morning of June 17, 1972, several burglars were arrested inside the office of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), located in the Watergate building in Washington, D.C. This was no ordinary robbery: The prowlers were connected to President Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign, and they had been caught while attempting to wiretap phones and steal secret documents. While historians are not sure whether Nixon knew about the Watergate espionage operation before it happened, he took steps to cover it up afterwards, raising “hush money” for the burglars, trying to stop the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from investigating the crime, destroying evidence and firing uncooperative staff members. In August 1974, after his role in the Watergate conspiracy had finally come to light, the president resigned. His successor, Gerald Ford, immediately pardoned Nixon for all the crimes he “committed or may have committed” while in office. Although Nixon was never prosecuted, the Watergate scandal changed American politics forever, leading many Americans to question their leadership and think more critically about the presidency."
Watergate Scandal — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts < click
nah...only a wacked out nutjob would say
that was a conspiracy.
history channel is using hyperbole to....uh....describe a.....um....theory that....oh who knows?
these tinfoil krazies are eeeeeeeverywhere.
WATERGATE WAS A HOTEL!
how hard is that? gee, i feel way less apathetic now.
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con·spir·a·cy [kuhn-spir-uh-see]
noun, plural con·spir·a·cies.
1. the act of conspiring.
2. an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot.
3. a combination of persons for a secret, unlawful, or evil purpose:
He joined the conspiracy to overthrow the government.
4.
Law. an agreement by two or more persons to commit a crime, fraud, or other wrongful act.
5. any concurrence in action; combination in bringing about a given result.
http://dictionary.reference.com
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tsk....it's even in
Legal Dictionaries
i wonder why? kind of a waste of ink innit?
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conspiracy
a crime separate from the criminal act for which it is developed. For example, one who conspires with another to commit Burglary and in fact commits the burglary can be charged with both conspiracy to commit burglary and burglary.
Conspiracy is an inchoate, or preparatory, crime. It is similar to solicitation in that both crimes are committed by manifesting an intent to engage in a criminal act. It differs from solicitation in that conspiracy requires an agreement between two or more persons, whereas solicitation can be committed by one person alone.
Conspiracy also resembles attempt. However, attempt, like solicitation, can be committed by a single person. On another level, conspiracy requires less than attempt. A conspiracy may exist before a crime is actually attempted, whereas no attempt charge will succeed unless the requisite attempt is made.
The law seeks to punish conspiracy as a substantive crime separate from the intended crime because when two or more persons agree to commit a crime, the potential for criminal activity increases, and as a result, the danger to the public increases. Therefore, the very act of an agreement with criminal intent (along with an overt act, where required) is considered sufficiently dangerous to warrant charging conspiracy as an offense separate from the intended crime.
According to some criminal-law experts, the concept of conspiracy is too elastic, and the allegation of conspiracy is used by prosecutors as a superfluous criminal charge. Many criminal defense lawyers maintain that conspiracy is often expanded beyond reasonable interpretations. In any case, prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys alike agree that conspiracy cases are usually amorphous and complex.
The Elements of Conspiracy Agreement
The essence of conspiracy is the agreement between two or more persons. A single person acting alone cannot be guilty of conspiracy.
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pfffft what a stupid thing to have on Law Books!
i guess wacked out nutjob criminal law experts need to puff up their egos so they can act like they know something others do not.
