Banned from the thread I started because I got abusive

[IT Minion]

That does not make sense.

What then would you call the people who plan and carry out a conspiracy (e.g. a conspiracy of silence)?

Conspirators.

 

[Dangee]

Another one for the list....

 

[Notch7]

That does not make sense.

What then would you call the people who plan and carry out a conspiracy (e.g. a conspiracy of silence)?

I didnt know you could carry out a conspiracy -I thought thats the whole point -they arent real.

 

[sooey]

If they are carried out they are real aren't they? Have you never heard of people being found guilty of conspiracy to defraud for example.

 

[IT Minion]

I didnt know you could carry out a conspiracy -I thought thats the whole point -they arent real.

Yup, sooey et al. have ruined it for everyone else. They believe in everything so provide cover for actual conspiracies.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Conspirators.

Yes, true.


Perhaps the word (conspiracist) has been misused so often that it is now confused - like so many.

 

[IT Minion]

Yes, true.


Perhaps the word (conspiracist) has been misused so often that it is now confused - like so many.

Nope, as far as I know that's always been the use of it. Mirriam-webater thinks it was first used in 1975 and for that use.

It's not an elegant word, but it is a Scrabble worthy one.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Ok.

 

[Notch7]

this is beginning to feel like an anti semitism thread.....

 

[securespark]

What?

 

[IT Minion]

this is beginning to feel like an anti semitism thread.....

To be fair sooey hasn't gone there yet.

 

[fillyboy]

Yes, true.


Perhaps the word (conspiracist) has been misused so often that it is now confused - like so many.

My understanding is the same as yours. Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators, or conspiracists, conspired to blow up the Houses of Parliament, their plot was a conspiracy.

But a 'conspiracy' as we tend to use the word on here is an 'untruth' rather than a 'plot', so maybe there is a dual meaning.

Also, things change, one day, everybody will be saying 'would of'.

 

[fillyboy]

Also, things change, one day, everybody will be saying 'would of'.

Not on EFL's watch obviously.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Also, things change, one day, everybody will be saying 'would of'.

 

[Vinty]

I didnt know you could carry out a conspiracy -I thought thats the whole point -they arent real.

Conspiracy theories can be true as well as false.