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Las Vegas Shooting

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by RocketsLegend, Oct 2, 2017.

  1. tinman

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    I thought about going to that concert too
    wow
     
  2. MojoMan

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    I just want to confirm something with the local know-it-all leftists here.

    According to you guys, there is for all practical purposes no such thing as a conspiracy.

    Is that your position?
     
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    Thanks for checking in. I came here this morning specifically to reach out to all of the false flaggers.

    This must be difficult for you to have to accept.
     
  4. MojoMan

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    According to you, there is for all practical purposes no such thing as a conspiracy.

    Is that your position?
     
  5. fchowd0311

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    When you are actively searching for a conspiracy, you'll find one.

    It's called confirmation bias. It's why the vast majority of conspiracies are bunk.
     
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  6. MojoMan

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    You guys sure are being evasive on this question all of the sudden, for all of the smack talk you spew on this point. None of you is willing to answer the question. LOL. What else should anyone take from this that you do not even believe your own bullshit?

    So, according to you, there is for all practical purposes no such thing as a conspiracy.

    Is that your position?
     
  7. durvasa

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    What is the context of your question? Is there a conspiracy theory being discussed in this thread?

    My 2 cents:

    A definitive "no such thing" wouldn't be appropriate. It is theoretically possible. They are just, as a rule, highly improbable -- especially when they have to involve lots and lots of people keeping it a secret.
     
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  8. MojoMan

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    So it is exceedingly rare, in your opinion, for human beings to work together in secret to accomplish evil or illegal ends. Am I getting that right now?
     
  9. fchowd0311

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    This is the largest reason why these type of false flag conspiracies have a high probability of being bunk.

    People don't understand the logistics of how many mouths need to be kept shut from local, state to federal law enforcement.
     
  10. fchowd0311

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    No it has more to do with how many people would need to be 'in' on it for these conspiracies to work.
     
  11. MojoMan

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    Much more plausible that a guy like this, with no history of being a gun guy and no military training, a 64 year old, flabby and out of shape retired accountant, whose primary activity appears to have been online gambling, meticulously planned, organized and carried all of this off entirely on his own, entirely covertly, with no assistance of any kind.

    Yep, that is much more convincing. {sarcasm}
     
  12. fchowd0311

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    If they have the competence to keep all the mouths that need to be shut for an event that wounded 400 plus people, they would have the competence to find a shooter that better fits the layman's profile of a psychopath.

    Sometimes people go insane. And you don't need to be in shape to shoot rounds out of a high rise building.
     
  13. MojoMan

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    Yes, you do actually.
     
  14. FranchiseBlade

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    It depends on how you define being in shape.
     
  15. MojoMan

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    Sitting around playing online poker and drinking in Las Vegas Casinos is not what I would define as being in shape. Maybe according to your standards it somehow is though.
     
  16. fchowd0311

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    No you don't actually. You need to be in shape to run around with full sapi plates in 110 degree weather and still shoot straight in Afghanistan but being in a stationary perch? Nope. You can be a lard ass.

    You see plenty of lard asses at the shooting range shooting quite well.

    And people can stay in shape regardless of lifestyle as long as they set aside 1 hr a day for some high intensity training and eating right. I can stay in shape living almost any lifestyle. You should be able to also.
     
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    Wouldn't rule out a conspiracy but it'd be my last plausible explanation. Not my first. Conspiracies when false, do a lot of destruction.

    Look no further than these threads.

    http://bbs.clutchfans.net/index.php...emailing-with-wikileaks.282885/#post-11104805

    http://bbs.clutchfans.net/index.php...-to-internet-propoganda.279016/#post-10809298


    http://bbs.clutchfans.net/index.php...ht-on-tape-selling-aborted-baby-parts.267680/

    I mean you still got idiots quoting Seth Rich story linking it to Hillary's made up body count.

    Second story, a shooter went to a pizza place in Austin because of 4chan conspiracy theories.

    Abortions suck. No pun intended there. That said no need to manufacture a fake story covering it. No need to manufacture a fake story covering this shooting.
     
  18. marky :)

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    Are we acting like renting out a hotel room, bringing guns into a room, taking a hammer to a window, and shooting guns at a crowd of 20k + can only be done by a trained person who is highly skilled and in great physical shape?

    If that's the case, I must be John Wick..
     
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    Actually it much less plausible that it would be an FBI plot and cover-up. As they've said, it's nearly impossible to keep secrets. That's true when there only 2 more people, and the more you add, the more difficult it is to not have information leak. There are have actually been studies about it, and I think 7 folks is the number where possibility is so minuscule as to be nearly impossible. It's why large banks and corporations used to have systems where seven specific people had to be involved in certain matters of operation. This is a more recent study.
    https://www.rt.com/news/330302-conspiracy-theories-oxford-study/
     
  20. FranchiseBlade

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    You could easily do that and still be in enough shape to carry out the Vegas shooting.
     

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