Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:54:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Drew Bittner <drewbitt at yahoo.com> Subject: [WSFA] Re: I suppose it was inevitable, but... To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> --- dicconf <dicconf at radix.net> wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Drew Bittner wrote: > > > Some people jump onto the conspiracy bandwagon > because > > it fits their view of the world-- knee-jerk > > distrust/paranoia of governments is a good start. > > Then there's the other explanation for conspiracy > theorists: they like to > kid themselves that somebody, somewhere, knows > what's going on. > > -- Dick Eney I'm giving some thought to kick-starting work on a novel whose major character would become a conspiracy theorist over time. Ironically, I pulled out my copy of GURPS Illuminati and guess whose cartoons fill the book from start to finish? Initials AG...? I suppose there's a degree of comfort in believing weird happenings have a cause, that the universe is not as random as we fear it might be. But as a faceless bureaucrat, I'm sworn to secrecy on all that stuff... __________________________________________________