I Hate Conspiracy Theories
Dublin Opinion | I Hate Conspiracy Theories
I hate conspiracy theories. They have a sickly, un-nourishing quality, a bit like eating the cold leftovers of someone else’s meal. The bits never quite add up; there are more questions than answers, they rely on things occurring coincidentally, all of which proves nothing while suggesting everything. In the end they are just too frustrating and open ended.
With the Litvinenko saga continuing to dominate the weekend papers (tons of coverage in Saturday’s Guardian, for example, trying to satisfy a vacuous need for dime store mystery and suspense) it’s possible to forget that nothing very much can be said conclusively. But it’s interesting that in the absence of fact there’s plenty that is known being ignored or sidelined.