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SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Wednesday <strong>August</strong> <strong>28</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 9<br />
conspiracy theories<br />
Ethan admitted he got a little<br />
bit sceptical with his debate topic.<br />
“I did the earth is flat, on the affirmative<br />
side. Actually, we won.<br />
Mainly because I bombarded<br />
them with a lot of facts . . . I got<br />
a little bit convinced that the<br />
earth was flat for a bit there,<br />
mainly because I dived deep into<br />
the Flat Earth Society and stuff<br />
and I was like ‘hold on’ . . . but no<br />
. . . I believe that it is round, but<br />
somehow we won that debate,”<br />
he said.<br />
After discussing conspiracies<br />
with his dad, Samuel thought he<br />
would choose the class, to put<br />
GREAT CONSPIRACY THEORIES<br />
1. Illuminati controlling<br />
the world – This conspiracy<br />
proposes a secret group called<br />
Illuminati has been controlling<br />
the world and is looking to create<br />
a one world government. Their<br />
end goal is supposedly to create<br />
the New World Order, which will<br />
dissolve national boundaries<br />
and people’s identities, while<br />
allowing for total authoritarian<br />
control. It is alleged several<br />
politicians and celebrities are in<br />
the group, including Beyonce,<br />
Jay-Z and Madonna.<br />
2. The moon landing was<br />
a cover-up – Fifty years on,<br />
the hoax theory still exists.<br />
Some people believe the<br />
significant scientific and political<br />
achievement did not happen<br />
and that its appearance was<br />
orchestrated by NASA and the<br />
United States Government. The<br />
motive, as part of the Cold War,<br />
was allegedly done to raise<br />
national pride and one-up their<br />
arch-rival, the Soviet Union, and<br />
win the Space Race. The most<br />
common theory which leads<br />
people to believe it was fake<br />
was photos from the mission<br />
which show a flag moving in the<br />
wind, something that should not<br />
happen as there is no wind in<br />
space.<br />
3. Who killed JFK? – The<br />
an interesting spin on learning<br />
literacy.<br />
“I was looking at something<br />
different; I thought it would be<br />
an interesting thing to look into.<br />
It was things I was in to, writing,<br />
reading, researching, as well as<br />
the science part of it.<br />
“Now, when I see an article<br />
about someone who believes in a<br />
conspiracy theory, because of this<br />
class, you can see that perspective<br />
more. You realise they aren’t just<br />
being funny or seeking attention,<br />
they actually believe this kind of<br />
stuff and you can see if from their<br />
point of view,” he said.<br />
assassination of American<br />
president, John F Kennedy –<br />
A large national survey in the<br />
United States in 2013 found 51 per<br />
cent of Americans believe there<br />
was a conspiracy behind the<br />
killing of JFK during a motorcade<br />
in Dallas in 1962. The shooter,<br />
Lee Harvey Oswald, got the<br />
official blame. However, theories<br />
believe other parties such as the<br />
CIA, KGB or the Mafia, may have<br />
played a role. Other theories<br />
suggest there was more than<br />
one gunman and that more shots<br />
were fired than officially claimed.<br />
Possible motives include the<br />
Bay of Pigs invasion, a failed US<br />
military invasion of Cuba by the<br />
CIA or that his death was at the<br />
request of vice-president, Lyndon<br />
Johnson.<br />
4. Was 9/11 an inside job? –<br />
The terror attack on September<br />
11, 2001, caused one of the most<br />
popular and widely-discussed<br />
conspiracy theories. Multiple<br />
theories of the event have been<br />
discussed, mainly implicating<br />
the United States’ Government<br />
as causing the attacks in order<br />
to blame al-Qaeda and start war<br />
with Iraq. Theories claim jet fuel<br />
from the planes could not melt<br />
the steel beams of the World<br />
Trade Centre towers, which<br />
they believe were actually<br />
brought down by a controlled<br />
demolition.<br />
5. The elusive Area 51 –<br />
Conspiracy theorists<br />
believe that the remains of<br />
crashed UFO space crafts<br />
are stored at Area 51. The<br />
highly-classified mysterious<br />
Air Force base in Nevada, is<br />
where Government scientists<br />
allegedly reverse-engineer the<br />
aliens’ advanced technology.<br />
The theories have come<br />
from a variety of supposed<br />
UFO sightings in the area and<br />
testimony from a retired army<br />
colonel, who says he was<br />
given access to extra-terrestrial<br />
materials gathered from an<br />
alien spacecraft that crashed in<br />
Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947.<br />
Some believe the Government<br />
studies time travel at Area 51,<br />
also known as Groom Lake or<br />
Dreamland.<br />
RECOGNITION: (Back left) Samuel Ireland,<br />
Mike Davies, Carol Gurney, Craig Moody,<br />
Errol Ashby, Malvern Community Board<br />
chairwoman Jenny Gallagher, (front) Bailey<br />
Inwood, Daisy Prosser, Rebecca Inch and<br />
Jenny Walter received community service<br />
awards. <br />
Contributions<br />
to Malvern<br />
recognised<br />
TEN PEOPLE received community service<br />
awards from the Malvern Community Board<br />
at a ceremony in Darfield on Friday.<br />
Five St John members took home youth<br />
community service awards. Rebecca Inch,<br />
Samuel Ireland, Daisy Prosser, Bailey Inwood<br />
and Jenny Walter were recognised for<br />
completing their St John senior shield badges,<br />
which included undertaking more than 100<br />
hours of volunteering.<br />
Five awards were also given to volunteers<br />
Mike Davies, Reg Anderson, Craig Moody,<br />
Carol Gurney and Errol Ashby.<br />
Mr Davies was recognised for his work<br />
as a Civil Defence first responder, looking<br />
after neighbours in Hororata following the<br />
earthquakes.<br />
Mr Anderson, who is a justice of the<br />
peace and has been a Glentunnel Township<br />
Committee member for 23 years, was noted<br />
as a strong, community-minded resident, who<br />
is always willing to get involved and support<br />
others.<br />
Mr Moody received an award for his active,<br />
practical involvement in many different<br />
community groups, including the Glentunnel<br />
Community Centre and Coalgate Township<br />
Committee.<br />
Mrs Gurney was recognised for her<br />
volunteering efforts at many community<br />
events and for setting up the second-hand<br />
clothing stall Carol’s Closet.<br />
Mr Ashby received an award for his work<br />
as the Malvern Community Patrol founding<br />
chairman, Malvern Community Vehicle Trust<br />
member and a Red Cross Meals on Wheels<br />
volunteer.<br />
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