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A poorly executed conspiracy is still a conspiracy.

jacquesm 6y ago
No, it was simply a lie. And one that should have fallen completely flat. My respect for Colin Powell went through the floor that day.
MichaelZuo 6y ago
The word ‘conspiracy’ itself has a legal, original, meaning entirely different from the popular meaning. I find all good discussions involving this clarify what meaning is intended.
- vmception 6y ago
  I resort to just saying the definition of words, in a sentence, instead of the word itself. I've told and convinced plenty of anti-vaxxers about the magical secret way our body naturally produces antibodies if we expose our body to dead versions of a virus (or, now, things shaped like that virus). They like magic, secrets and nature, they do not like the word vaccine. I do the same with the word conspiracy, "That is a secret plan by a group to do something harmful". It rolls off the tongue.
  - Bakary 6y ago
    The only really effective way to change someone's mind is to make them believe they came up with the conclusions themselves
jeremyclrk 6y ago
2018: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/04/chinas-hna-group-chairman-wang-dies-after-fall-in-france.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/04/chinas-hna-group-chairman-wa... 2017: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-hongkong-billionaire-idUSKBN15Q09Q https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-hongkong-billionair... 2017: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/scores-of-chinese-billionaires-and-ceos-have-disappeared-in-statesanctioned-abductions/news-story/7d2d1cfeadd6b47ab66087d7f44d877f https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/scores... 2016: https://money.cnn.com/2016/01/08/investing/china-metersbonwe-missing-billionaire/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2016/01/08/investing/china-metersbonwe... 2017: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jianhua-canadian-citizen-china-disappearance-1.3961114 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jianhua-canadian-citizen-china... 2016: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-35261090 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-35261090 2013: https://qz.com/116011/the-mystery-of-chinas-missing-millionaires/ https://qz.com/116011/the-mystery-of-chinas-missing-milliona...

No, it was simply a lie. And one that should have fallen completely flat. My respect for Colin Powell went through the floor that day.

MichaelZuo 6y ago

The word ‘conspiracy’ itself has a legal, original, meaning entirely different from the popular meaning. I find all good discussions involving this clarify what meaning is intended.

vmception 6y ago
I resort to just saying the definition of words, in a sentence, instead of the word itself. I've told and convinced plenty of anti-vaxxers about the magical secret way our body naturally produces antibodies if we expose our body to dead versions of a virus (or, now, things shaped like that virus). They like magic, secrets and nature, they do not like the word vaccine. I do the same with the word conspiracy, "That is a secret plan by a group to do something harmful". It rolls off the tongue.
- Bakary 6y ago
  The only really effective way to change someone's mind is to make them believe they came up with the conclusions themselves

jeremyclrk 6y ago

2018: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/04/chinas-hna-group-chairman-wang-dies-after-fall-in-france.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/04/chinas-hna-group-chairman-wa... 2017: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-hongkong-billionaire-idUSKBN15Q09Q https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-hongkong-billionair... 2017: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/scores-of-chinese-billionaires-and-ceos-have-disappeared-in-statesanctioned-abductions/news-story/7d2d1cfeadd6b47ab66087d7f44d877f https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/scores... 2016: https://money.cnn.com/2016/01/08/investing/china-metersbonwe-missing-billionaire/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2016/01/08/investing/china-metersbonwe... 2017: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jianhua-canadian-citizen-china-disappearance-1.3961114 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jianhua-canadian-citizen-china... 2016: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-35261090 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-35261090 2013: https://qz.com/116011/the-mystery-of-chinas-missing-millionaires/ https://qz.com/116011/the-mystery-of-chinas-missing-milliona...