From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Mon Jul 29 2002 - 18:27:33 MDT
On Monday, July 29, 2002, at 03:33 pm, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> You are right. Unfortunately, it is Greenpeace making
> the false statements.
This is another fascinating example of how conspiracy theorists quote
evidence that doesn't exist. Mike actually told people to go to the
Greenpeace site to see their support of a whole list of socialist
issues. After it turns out there is nothing there, Mike now claims
Greenpeace is lying.
But this raises some interesting questions. Why was Mike so sure about
the nonexistent content that he actually pointed people there? Did he
get mislead by other misinformation services? Was he so sure of his
conspiracy theories that he just assumed reality would back him up
without feeling the need to doublecheck? Did he think he saw this
information at that site? Did this information actually exist anywhere?
This List is constantly full of people quoting material that doesn't say
the quoters think it does. It is a really interesting psychological
phenomenon.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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