posted on Oct, 24 2007 @ 11:54 PM
Actually the new Mcveighs are riding around in humvee's by the dozens in Iraq as we speak, if you really want to get technical. Mcveigh was a vet and
disgruntled over the raid of the Koresh compound. I know it's not justified, but neither event really compares to 911 in scale or outcome. So it's
really stretching to say that about people that think up theories. You might as well say every math department in any College contain the seeds of the
new Unabomber, it's just not sane to do such overgeneralizations. You just end up muddying up the matter at hand.
The 'whole truth' has seemed so obviously unattainable to some as to cause them to despair of human communication in general. They see so many
barriers to prevent us from obtaining truthful knowledge, let alone communicating it; so many pitfalls in conveying what we mean.
How can a physician, for example, tell the "whole truth" to a patient about a set of symptoms and their causes and likely effects? He certainly does
not know all there is to know himself. Even all he does know that might have a bearing--incomplete, erroneous, and tentative though it be--could not
be conveyed in less than weeks or even months. Add to these difficulties the awareness that everything in life and experience connects, that all is a
"seamless web" so that nothing can be said without qualifications and elaborations in infinite regress, and a sense of lassitude begins to steal
over even the most intrepid.
If arrogance there be, it lies rather in the immobilizing impatience with all that falls short of the "whole truth." this impatience helps explain
why the contemporary debate about deception is so barren. Paradoxically, the reluctance to come to grips with deception can stem from an
exalted and all-absorbing preoccupation with truth.
"Truth"--no concept intimidates and yet draws thinkers so powerfully. From the beginnings of human speculation about the world, the questions of
what truth is and whether we can attain it have loomed large. Every philosopher has had to grapple with them. Every religion seeks to answer them.
And somebody put on the headquarters of a certain building in langley VA "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." Now I wonder
just who seeks the truth in all these matters and whom are the most arrogant in revealing and force feeding millions of people what they believe is
the truth? Is it just a few people up to no good or a whole army of secret citizens full of secret informations planning secret operations, to just
protect us from the truth? That doesn't seem logical to me, in fact it appears to be a major flaw or kink in the machine that calls itself a
"government". There job is to reveal the truth to those who seek, yet most don't seek and most assume the governments job is just the opposite.
Somebody's not being straightforward or honest and as luck would have it their moment in the spotlight is about to be flushed out. Is the truth
actually knowable? I would have to say no. No the government can't tell us the truth and that's not a surprise, but neither can the conspiracy
theories reveal the entire truth either. There no sense in losing your cool and throwing insults at each other though, you only confuse yourself and
make it harder for you to figure out for yourself. Maybe reality is just plain messy and people like Glenn Beck can't handle spilled milk or the
CT's want perfection, maybe unpredictable anarchistic evolution makes more sense than some sort of planned outcome. Nobody knows which way the wind
will blow tomorrow but we will someday find out which way it did, even if a majority has to be dragged there kicking and screaming all the way about
how scary the truth is and that "we should watch what we say and watch what we do" or the big bad wizard of OZ will get mad at us.
"The perceptual influence of the mob of those who've gone before us and those who stand around us now can be mind-boggling." Howard Bloom