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• The problem with most conspiracy theories is that they seem to believe that for a group of people to behave in a way detrimental to the common good requires intent.
• backbone cabal n. A group of large-site administrators who pushed through the Great Renaming and reined in the chaos of Usenet during most of the 1980s.
  During most of its lifetime, the Cabal (as it was sometimes capitalized) steadfastly denied its own existence...
• Ever wonder why the SAME PEOPLE make up ALL the conspiracy theories?
• Most people do not know how to behave in a massacre.
• Eric Conspiracy n. A shadowy group of mustachioed hackers named Eric first pinpointed as a sinister conspiracy by an infamous talk.
  bizarre posting ca. 1987; this was doubtless influenced by the numerous `Eric' jokes in the Monty Python oeuvre....
• Many people believe that a few individuals or small groups (family, friends, teachers, celebrities, for example) have caused them to think and behave in the way they do.
  Yet it is always society as a whole that defines us and our attitudes, not a few individuals....
• Eric Conspiracy: n. A shadowy group of mustachioed hackers named Eric first pinpointed as a sinister conspiracy by an infamous talk.
  bizarre posting ca. 1986; this was doubtless influenced by the numerous `Eric' jokes in the Monty Python oeuvre....
• The problem with the way many people live their lives is that they spend most of their time providing for their old age, to the point where they do not live long enough to enjoy it.
• One of the best ways to measure people is to watch the way they behave when something free is offered.
  -- Ann Lande...