RE: atheists and "conspiracy" theories
May 2, 2012 at 4:33 pm
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2012 at 4:55 pm by Cyberman.)
(May 2, 2012 at 12:26 pm)Thor Wrote:(May 2, 2012 at 10:47 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Possibly violently.Buzz Aldrin sure did!
Just in case anyone might be tempted to use this video to build a case for Aldrin reacting violently due to feelings of guilt over faked landings or anything, a little context may be in order. The main thing to realise is that Bart Sibrel, the Nashville taxi driver and terminal troll on the receiving end of the smack in the mouth, is an obnoxious little shit who has been hounding the Apollo astronauts for many, many years. Unimaginable as it seems for a conspiracy nut, Sibrel's tactics rely principally on jamming a bible into the astronaut's face and accusing him repeatedly of a shabby coverup, all in public, until he gets a reaction for his tatty little DVD documentaries. What he tells his fans (both of them) is that he's trying to get the Astronauts to swear on the bible that they did go to the Moon; as if that makes some sort of difference. I suppose the book bursts into flame and a pair of howling shadowy demons drag the poor spaceman down to Hell à la "Ghost" if it detects so much as a hint of a fib.
Among Sibrel's greatest hits, he has accosted Apollo 11's Michael Collins at a supermarket; was told to "Get the fuck out of my house!" by 12's Alan Bean after weaselling his way into Bean's home under the false pretence of a genuine interview; tried the same trick on 14's LM pilot Ed Mitchell before being literally kicked out the door. Plus of course the well-deserved total eclipse he got from Buzz Aldrin, delivered after Sibrel had been following him about all day, getting in his face and refusing to listen to his initially polite requests to leave him and his granddaughter alone.
Just about all the Apollo astronauts, including Neil Armstrong and especially Aldrin, do consent to give interviews, but understandably they refuse even to talk to conspiracy idiots like Sibrel.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
