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What a wonderful idea I just got! We can make up a theory, spread it over the net and then after some time we can admit that it was fake and then see how many people will think that we have been threatened by the government or something. I think it would be quite intresting to see how many people that would believe us.

A theory I thought up was based a little on one of the "lunar-loonies"'s (those who think that man has never been on the moon) arguments, namely the one about there not being any stars in the sky. I saw those pictures of the Earth, seen from Mars, in the other thread and noticed that there weren't any stars there either (which is natural, of course. Otherwise the earth would just have been a very bright spot). One could claim that this is absolute proof that we have never sent any probes and/or satellites to Mars, and the pictures are fake. Alt: The pictures are taken by aliens that lives on Mars. I think it certainly is wacko enough to be a valid conspiracy theory.

What do you think? Would anyone believe us if we would spread that theory? Can you think of a better/different theory (about anything; doesn't have to be about the Mars pictures. Just as long as it is a conspiracy theory)? Do you think I should throw myself into a concrete wall if I ever has an idea like this one again?
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The stars simply aren't visible away from Earth, since they only exist in a holographic shell around our planet.
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How about...the earth actually is the centre of the universe, the universe rotates around us, it's rotation has gone a bit awry over the years and so explanis why some of it has become cluttered into stars..or something.

How about "god wrote his name on the dark side of the moon, but NASA refuse to release the photo evidence".

Or "all the planets have their equivalent of jupiter's red spot, they're a means to teleport between the planets".

or how about "smoking is the only way to interfere with the small robots that fly round us listening to our conversations, as the nicotine destroys their coating and they rust instantly, leaving only some iron oxide in the air"
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The fashion corporations are in cahoots with each other to form their own militias, with which they will conquer the world. They've already gotten the uniforms supplied, and I'm positive that the uniforms radiate some-form of mind control wave to make the victims loyal to every command given by their corporate masters.
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LIES!
Those pics were taken by a military telescope, on a secret American base on Mars. It's part of the master plan to relocate certain government officials, to allow continuation of the American government, after Earth gets hit by the Planet X.

(This part may be uncalled for)
The Colombia was part of this plan, it didn't burned in the atmosphere, the astronauts are safe and sound, transporting the aleged government officials to Mars.
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Well, we could always go with the concept that maybe the Republicans are responsible for 9/11. I mean aside from the CIA training that bin-laden got, the weapons we supplied the Taliban, the money that probably had been sent in their direction. Not to mention that the results of 9/11 does make the American people that much more in favor of Bush. But, just a crazy, left of center, out there theory.
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I've been playing too much Deus Ex as of late, so anything I post would involve the Illuminati and the UN. :wink:
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I refer you to one of my earliest posts on the board.
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Here`s a Freedom site about different conspiracy theory.
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DPDarkPrimus wrote:I've been playing too much Deus Ex as of late, so anything I post would involve the Illuminati and the UN. :wink:
If it involves either one of those then it's probably not a theory, but simply a fact that has not yet meet your eyes out of the mist of lies.

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We're through the looking glass here people.
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Mark S wrote:We're through the looking glass here people.
LOL! You made me think of the simpsons with the homemade aphrodisiac, when Milhouse says it about the reverse vampires, the rand corporation and the saucer people.
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Conspiracy theories are part of the giant government conspiracy prove how gullible Americans really are. It's a conspiracy, I tell you!
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The Sept11 airliners weren't airliners at all. They were 767s remote-controlled by the CIA. The passengers of the other airliners were sent to slave away in the boiler rooms of the Pentagon.
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Rye wrote:
Mark S wrote:We're through the looking glass here people.
LOL! You made me think of the simpsons with the homemade aphrodisiac, when Milhouse says it about the reverse vampires, the rand corporation and the saucer people.
My first reaction was that Animatrix episode... :P

Hmm... The EU is actually lead by the Anti-christ, who will someday take over the rest of the world... I bet people would gobble that up if you presented some quotes from the Bible and coincidences...

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We're all just part of a vast conspiracy led by Warsies to persecute one Robert Scott Anderson....


wait, I heard that one from some one else.... shit
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The United States used nuclear weapons in Iraq in order to win so quickly.


Appolo 11 was in fact a Russian mission, captured by the Americans during re-entry with the fim it sent to Earth intercepted and edited.

The CIA secretly shipped nuclear weapons to terrorists during the Cold War in a deal where the would use some of the nukes on Russia, and some on Isreal.

Saddam arranged a deal with Isreal in exchange for not firing missles at Isreal, Saddam got a trip out of Iraq.
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Grand Admiral Thrawn wrote:Saddam arranged a deal with Isreal in exchange for not firing missles at Isreal, Saddam got a trip out of Iraq.
That's actually quite believable.
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Um, no.
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Can we do something on the Reagan assassination?
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Howedar wrote:Um, no.
I meant as a conspiracy. :P
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Raxmei wrote:Can we do something on the Reagan assassination?
The assassin deliberately missed as to break the prez curse?
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Since the end of World War Two, the FDA has secretly introduced the Exentsh-47 formula in every ready-to-eat meals sold in the grocery stores. The goal was to augment the population's resistance to radioactive fallouts in case of a nuclear war with the Soviets. Alas, the formula was untested on primates and longterm usage of that drug is the cause of all cancers that are affecting us.

A friend of mine got the documents proving this. He got them from a disgrunted ex-special operation black agent while on a business trip to New York...

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Post by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi »

Raxmei wrote:Can we do something on the Reagan assassination?
"They" did it either because there were really slow news days and needed something to fill the gap, or simply because some lunatic wanted to impress Jodie Foster.
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Exonerate wrote:
Hmm... The EU is actually lead by the Anti-christ, who will someday take over the rest of the world... I bet people would gobble that up if you presented some quotes from the Bible and coincidences...
Wrong, if it was that way, Norway would be a member nation and Varg Vikernes would be head of the EU.
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