Dunno really. I suppose a well-told conspiracy story makes for the kind of fiction

that blends the real in with the fantasy. Episode 1 of the new series of Utopia was a brilliant case-in-point. They used the real-life assassination of Airey Neave and the vote of no confidence in the Callaghan government in '79 and repurposed them to fit with the narrative of the global conspiracy story that they'd spent the entire of the previous series building up to.

Willing suspension of disbelief.

I take your point about lazy and trite theories like the moon landing stuff or September 11th, and the halfwits that peddle it, but I still find the psychology of those people interesting.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on July 23rd 2014 at 19:19:40

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So, in short, Kirrie is ITK about the biggest story in the world (General Chat) - norway, Jul 23, 16:39:13
- I was PMSL at that earlier (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jul 23, 17:21:59
  - O ye of little faith; so quick to castigate someone who has info you don't! (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Jul 23, 17:24:40
    - we all have the internet (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jul 23, 17:28:11
      - This is 'human intel' and nothing to do with the internet... (General Chat) - Kirrie, Jul 23, 17:33:22
      - Kirrie's partner is Russian. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 23, 17:30:37
        
        Correct, Mrs K is Russian, but she isn't the source! (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Jul 23, 17:34:26
        
        The Federation of Small Businesses? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jul 23, 17:32:18
      - Surely someone's blamed the CIA and Prince Philip by now? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jul 23, 17:29:48
        
        I read that one Russian TV station suggested that MH17 is actually MH370, filled with (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 23, 17:35:00
        
        ^^^fellow Sherlock fan^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jul 23, 17:36:31
        
        I didn't make that up! (but yes I am, very much so. if you like a good conspiracy story, y (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 23, 17:39:03
        
        why do you like conspiracy stuff? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 23, 19:07:55
        
        Dunno really. I suppose a well-told conspiracy story makes for the kind of fiction (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 23, 19:19:40
        
        it's partly the blending of the real and the fantasy that I find annoying (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 23, 19:28:06
        
        I think there's plenty of beliefs far more damaging than conspiracies. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 23, 19:43:54
        
        The Russian media is fascinating on this (General Chat) - Old Man, Jul 23, 17:41:37
        
        Here you go - here's the actual news2.ru page on it. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 23, 17:45:03
        
        Wow! (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jul 23, 17:46:17
- I'd like Larrald's assesment before I know what to think. (n/m) (General Chat) - bird table, Jul 23, 16:50:05
  - Well... (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Jul 23, 17:26:53
    - Thanking you. (n/m) (General Chat) - bird table, Jul 23, 17:43:01
    - and there it is!!!! (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jul 23, 17:30:31
  - this....If Larrald doesn't know about it, it didn't happen (General Chat) - usacanary, Jul 23, 16:54:25
- Family connections, iirc (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jul 23, 16:44:47
- Probably a relative of this chap... (General Chat) - Vivid Data Shark, Jul 23, 16:43:53

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