Hi Paul and List, I am still amazed at how many people believe the Moon landings were fake. I don't want to open the debate again, but there is one key fact that the conspiracy nuts overlook :
PEOPLE CANNOT KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT. Let's put aside the scientific and technological arguments for a moment and consider the human side of the story. Besides the astronauts and NASA personnel involved, there were many thousands of contractors, sub-contractors, family members, and friends involved in the Apollo program. Are we to seriously believe that thousands of people could keep a secret of this magnitude for over four decades? Heck, one person can't keep a secret for 10 minutes, less yet thousands of people for over forty years. It's downright silly. And I lose all intellectual respect for someone when they start parroting this lunar conspiracy carp. I believe our government is fully capable of (and willing) to lie to us about important issues, but I have no faith that human beings can keep a secret for any length of time, especially a secret of this scale that would involve thousands of people keeping their mouths shut. If anyone reading this believes in this conspiracy, please keep your replies to yourself and don't bother emailing me - I will only lose respect for you and I will not be swayed. Best regards, MikeG --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites & Amber (Michael Gilmer) Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/42h79my News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 6/24/11, valpar...@aol.com <valpar...@aol.com> wrote: > Well, shoot, that makes it OK! They just didn't have time to fact check, > which is such drudgery, not to mention a nuisance. It's *so* much more > convenient to cut-and-paste from the AP. And anyway, it was on page 12 of > section B - by the time you get way back there it doesn't matter what you > print. Could be something about the Amazing Bat Boy or creepy Nils Farbu > from the World Weekly News. Who cares about truth that deep into a > newspaper? > > Sadly, newspapers have become simple containers for wire service stories and > syndicated columnists. On a happier note, they're still good for lining bird > cages and cleaning fish. > > Paul Swartz > > >> Yes, the WP?should probably fact check the articles they pull, but >> like most major newspapers, they don't have the time. It's a minor >> human interest story that probably made page 12 of section B of the >> newspaper or something. >> > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
