Do You Believe There was a 9/11 Conspiracy?

Pretty crazy right? But I do.

I believe that 19 hijackers conspired to hijack four planes and fly them into four different buildings.

Oh wait, is that a conspiracy theory? Sounds like a conspiracy theory. Am I crazy for believing in conspiracies then?

Of course not. Every thinking adult knows that conspiracies are a routine part of life. It's how cliques are formed and business is run. Every prosecutor worth his salt knows how to charge people with conspiracy. It's one of the government's greatest ways of prosecuting people for crimes they commit.

9/11 was a conspiracy. The government made the case and the public readily accepted it. So what makes a crazy conspiracy theory?

Crazy conspiracy theories are theories that the majority of people don't believe. So how do you get a majority to listen to a new theory that by definition is crazy because nobody knows about it yet?

Newspapers and books might advance it, juries and governments might legitimize it, a skeptical public might accept it, but all must be open to asking the question. Asking questions is what Rakemucker is all about.