mercredi 18 juin 2008

Tin hatters

Conspiracyology, the study of why some people are attracted to conspiracy theories, would be an interesting subject. The official accounts of the 2001 attacks in New York, the Kennedy assassination even the bombs in London 2005 have just enough gaps to allow a whisp of doubt to creep in. Always, though, in the background is the psychological fear of self-exclusion through wing-nuttery and the governance Fat Controller's chastisement if one dare question any aspect of the media narratives, even bearing in double-mind their rewrites and rethinks. Occassionally, however, some tiny insignificant story emerges that does nothing to reassure those who uncritically assume that the ruling elite are always honest and above board. The fact that Northern Rock bosses had a secret plan to shut up shop on "a Friday afternoon" if all plans to find a buyer and hopes of nationalisation failed, illustrates that there are furtive plans hatched behind closed doors and plans that are at the expense of the common people. Yes, ok, this is hardly terror, explosions and death, but it's hardly evidence either that the people with power are squaeky clean and trustworthy either. "The Treasury confirmed the scheme, which the Daily Mail published yesterday. The paper had the outline of the contingency plan in January but was lent on by the chancellor, Alistair Darling, not to publish it until now."
What moutains of information are being kept from us because some roach in governance is leaning on some toady hack?