Here’s an article that you may find of interest. It’s been getting a significant amount of play including:
Michel Chossudovsky of Global Research: http://www.globalresearch.ca/
Frances Shure recommends the article on the AE911Truth web site: http://www.ae911truth.org/en/
Gregg Roberts (ResearchGuy), Frances Shure in comments section of Foreign Policy Journal version.
A print version will appear in the upcoming issue of New Dawn magazine (Australia).
Initial excerpt:
Rethinking Conspiracy
The
terms “conspiracy theorist” and “conspiracy nut” are used frequently to
discredit a perceived adversary using emotional rather than logical
appeals. It’s important for the sake of true argument that we define the
term “conspiracy” and use it appropriately, not as an ad hominem attack
on someone whose point of view we don’t share.
According
to my Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, the word “conspiracy” derives
from the Latin “conspirare,” which means literally “to breathe together”
in the sense of agreeing to commit a crime. The primary definition is
“planning and acting together secretly, especially for a harmful or
unlawful purpose, such as murder or treason.”
It
was in this sense that Mark Twain astutely observed, “A conspiracy is
nothing but a secret agreement of a number of men for the pursuance of
policies which they dare not admit in public.”
Conspiracies
are common. If they weren’t, police stations would not need conspiracy
units to investigate and prosecute crimes such as “conspiracy to import
cocaine” or any other collusion on the part of two or more people to
subvert the law.
Related:
Quotes on Conspiracy Theories - Updated Version
