If Pope Francis were to be assassinated, admit it. Some of you already *know* it was a Conspiracy.

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46. No I never said any of that you are putting words in my mouth

Of course there will be crazy conspiracy theories among a small segment of the population, even in cases where there is an actual conspiracy there will be a handful of people who blow the actual conspiracy out of proportion and add in crap about aliens and crop circles. We know there are nuts out there, but that is not the point.

The point is the Pope has not been assassinated and there are no theories about his assassination, at this point talking about a lone gunman is just as stupid as talking about a conspiracy because nothing has happened.

If something were to happen then we can discuss which stories have merit and which ones don't. I will say it again though, people who dismiss conspiracies out of hand are just as lacking in critical thinking skills as those who automatically embrace them. A conspiracy is an illegal plot between two or more people, they happen all the time and people are often convicted on conspiracy charges in courts across the nation. If common citizens can be convicted of conspiracy then powerful people can be involved in conspiracy as well, it is not as if all the powerful people in the world are angels who would never participate in a criminal act. People who want to dismiss conspiracy before the facts even come in are not looking for the facts or engaging in critical thinking.

People should not believe in a conspiracy without evidence to back it up, but people should not dismiss a conspiracy just because it was a conspiracy either.