The Star: August 22, 2019

Thursday August 22 2019 The Star
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NEWS 9
conspiracy theories
Ethan admitted he got a little
bit sceptical with his debate topic.
“I did the earth is flat, on the affirmative
side. Actually, we won.
Mainly because I bombarded
them with a lot of facts
. . . I got a little bit convinced that
the earth was flat for a bit there,
mainly because I dived deep into
the Flat Earth Society and stuff
and I was like ‘hold on’ . . . but no
. . . I believe that it is round, but
somehow we won that debate,”
he said.
After discussing conspiracies
with his dad, Samuel thought he
would choose the class, to put
an interesting spin on learning
literacy.
“I was looking at something
different; I thought it would be
an interesting thing to look into.
It was things I was in to, writing,
reading, researching, as well as
the science part of it.
“Now, when I see an article
about someone who believes in a
conspiracy theory, because of this
class, you can see that perspective
more. You realise they aren’t just
being funny or seeking attention,
they actually believe this kind of
stuff and you can see if from their
point of view,” he said.
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THEORIES
1. Illuminati controlling
the world – this conspiracy
proposes a secret group
called Illuminati has been
controlling the world and
is looking to create a one
world government. Their
end goal is supposedly to
create the New World Order,
which will dissolve national
boundaries and people’s
identities, while allowing for
total authoritarian control. It
is alleged several politicians
and celebrities are in the
group, including Beyonce,
Jay-Z and Madonna.
2. The moon landing was
a cover-up – Fifty years on,
the hoax theory still exists.
Some people believe the
significant scientific and
political achievement
did not happen and
that its appearance was
orchestrated by NASA
and the United States
Government. The motive,
as part of the Cold War,
was allegedly done to raise
national pride and one-up
their arch-rival, the Soviet
Union, and win the Space
Race. The most common
theory which leads people
to believe it was fake was
photos from the mission
which show a flag moving
in the wind, something that
should not happen as there
is no wind in space.
3. Who killed JFK? – The
assassination of American
president, John F. Kennedy
– A large national survey
in the United States in
2013 found 51 per cent of
Americans believe there
was a conspiracy behind
the killing of JFK during a
motorcade in Dallas in 1962.
The shooter, Lee Harvey
Oswald, got the official
blame. However, theories
believe other parties such
as the CIA, KGB or the
Mafia, may have played a
role. Other theories suggest
there was more than one
gunman and that more
shots were fired than
officially claimed. Possible
motives include the Bay of
Pigs invasion, a failed US
military invasion of Cuba
by the CIA or that his death
was at the request of vicepresident,
Lyndon Johnson.
4. Was 9/11 an inside
job? – The terror attack on
September 11, 2001, caused
one of the most popular
and widely-discussed
conspiracy theories. Multiple
theories of the event have
been discussed, mainly
implicating the United
States’ Government as
causing the attacks in order
to blame al-Qaeda and start
war with Iraq. Theories claim
jet fuel from the planes
could not melt the steel
beams of the World Trade
Centre towers, which they
believe was actually brought
down by a controlled
demolition.
5. The elusive Area
51 – Conspiracy theorists
believe that the remains of
crashed UFO space crafts
are stored at Area 51. The
highly-classified mysterious
Air Force base in Nevada, is
where Government scientists
allegedly reverse-engineer
the aliens’ advanced
technology. The theories
have come from a variety
of supposed UFO sightings
in the area and testimony
from a retired army colonel,
who says he was given
access to extra-terrestrial
materials gathered from an
alien spacecraft that crashed
in Roswell, New Mexico, in
1947. Some believe that the
Government studies time
travel at Area 51, also known
as Groom Lake.
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Someone has taken
offence to a car parked
over a footpath by
keying it with the
words ‘footpaths for
parking.’ About $2000
of damage was caused
to the car in central
New Brighton last
week. A housemate
of the car’s owner
posted the images
on Facebook calling
the incident “vile and
destructive” and said
a note under the
window wiper would
have been a better
approach.
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