Conspiracy theorists thought election could bring their 'issue' to the fore
The spreading ripples of conspiracy to silence those dismissing the official version of what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, got one ring larger recently: this newspaper was dragged into the subterfuge when an article on 9/11 conspiracy theories in the federal election campaign was delayed due to space limitations. It did not take long for the missing story to add to an already complicated plot for a number of 9/11 skeptics who had been contacted for the story -- and who were already deeply mistrustful of the mainstream media. "Who got to you?" one wrote to the reporter after the story was not in the newspaper the next day. He then suggested the reporter was never really working on a story but rather gleaning information on the movement for some unspoken purpose. "It would not surprise me in the least if the article was pulled. The lid is nailed down very tightly on this topic," wrote another. A sympathetic skeptic simply said: "Thanks for trying." That a reporter is simultaneously branded as both a perpetrator and a victim of a non-existent plot speaks to the complex passions and downright twitchiness of Canadian 9/11 skeptics and to the surprising reach of their circle. When the Liberal party dumped a candidate in Winnipeg over writings that championed 9/11 conspiracy theories and an NDP candidate in B. C. was chastized for related statements, it was a bizarre and unexpected twist in the middle of a rather predictable election campaign. While the 9/11 election scandals were short-lived, soon buried by the stock market meltdown, it served to ignite-- or perhaps reinvigorate -- a cross-country campaign to get 9/11 conspiracy theories on to the Canadian public's agenda. On newspapers' letters pages, on Web sites and in blogs, 9/11 skeptics burst out of the closet and urged others to follow suit, apparently convinced they formed a silenced majority. "There is enough evidence across the board here to suggest there were more hands in the pot to stir it up than what meets the eye," said Andrew Moulden, a medical doctor and candidate for the Canadian Action Party in the Ontario riding of Nipissing-Timiskaming, when asked about 9/11 by the National Post. "There are a lot of things that scream foul," he said. "There are too many holes and gaps in the middle and too many inconsistenciesÂ…. They needed a Pearl Harbor and it happened." While that kind of talk gets you kicked out of the Liberal party, it brought Dr. Moulden more than a dozen campaign workers who travelled to North Bay on an outing organized by the Ottawa 9/11 Truth group. For 9/11 skeptics, it sent hope soaring. "Success in this riding will bring the real issues into Parliament" organizers told supporters. "Enough shouting from the street corner, now we get into the government!" Conspiracy theories of all sorts have long resonated in Western society. Shocking, touchstone events in American history are the ripest for attracting conspiracy proselytizers. The assassination in 1963 of U. S. president John F. Kennedy has long been the quintessential conspiracy case, spawning a cottage industry of disbelief and a library of skepticism. Read the full article, including mention of Calgary 9/11 Truth HERE Contact the author HERE
what and you are gonna tell me the US goverment didn't cause 9/11. Please I am not sheep I am not buying your media , I am not your slave. Wake UP People.
Posted by: bug | December 11, 2008 at 11:50 PM