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There are many theories circulating around that suggest that President Kennedy was killed by the CIA, the Mafia, and the KGB of the former Soviet Union and there might be other gunmen involved all of which have not yet been substantiated but there is definitely a group or groups of people who believe in this conspiracy theory. Another one that has gained momentum in recent years has been the attack of 9/11 in New York city. Although it is now known that 19 Muslim hijackers slammed their plane on the Twin towers and also on the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, there are different stories regarding about the attacks. Although we in the U.S. have some kind of conspiracy theory about it too but the major ones are in the Muslim countries. Different people have different ideas but mostly people believe that the U.S. government was involved because they wanted to invade Iraq and Afghanistan. And then there are those who say that since many Jews were away on that day so the Jews must have done it and another one says that how come with a plane the whole building went down in flames and another one saying that the Al-Qaeda is not sophisticated enough or does not have the means to destroy the twin towers and the countless other ones which are not worth writing. One more example is that many people deny that the Holocaust existed or that six million Jews were killed by the Nazis although documents have been known to exist to confirm about the Holocaust but still people want to believe what their mind will accept.

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Then there are historical events which even if they are explained carry with it also conspiracy theories which are sometimes out of this world and sometimes take us to ponder whether they are really not false. Again I will give you some examples to show that these historical conspiracies are not recent but have been going on forever. The first one is about the alien landing in the Nevada desert and it concerns that alien land like sixty years ago and have been in an area called Area 51 which is under governmental control and the government has been hiding the existence of aliens from the American Public. I have not seen it but there have been many movies regarding that area based on the movie makers own perception of what that area is all about. And with it there has been supposedly numerous sighting of UFO (Unidentified Flying Objects) that whole books have been written on it. And don’t forget all the movies that have been made about UFO’s and how people have whole networks dedicated to alien abductions which are so convincing sometimes that you don’t have any scientific explanation but still people keep on believing in them as they say that government is trying to also cover up these alien abductions. And then there is the assassination of President Kennedy who has been target of speculation for a long time that who was involved. Although it was decided that a lone gunman was responsible and was arrested from the sight and according to the government the case was closed but for conspiracy theorists it still remains open.

Conspiracy theories galore

The world maybe full of it and every day there are more and more made up because the information to refute it on the contrary are nonexistent and if even if it exist the conspiracy theorists dismiss it as a cover up. I just have to give you some examples to let you know that conspiracy theories stay alive and they never die. Most of the people who had potential and died young have been subject of much conspiracy theory. To give you some examples, Marilyn Monroe, the Sex bombshell who alleged committed suicide, Bruce Lee, the martial arts expert and actor who died at the age of 33 or so even people who have not died so young have created a sort of conspiracy theory around them like Elvis Presley. In all these cases, some people are so shocked that they are unable to accept that their favorite celebrities have died and they try to build stories around them to make themselves and others believe otherwise. The biggest conspiracy theory that is not going to die down is about Osama Bin Laden (OBL). Some people say that he was never in the compound in Pakistan from the start where he was killed and some say it was an imposter that got killed. There is another theory which says that if he was there how come we did not get to see the body of the most wanted man. I don’t have neither the time nor the critical analysis to determine if it was true or not but OBL was killed in Pakistan and that should be the end of the story but you know even if you had shown the body, people would not have been convinced it was him since they could have said some other make believe thing that they are more comfortable with.

To shop or not to shop on Thanksgiving Day

Now this day has become controversial because some people chose to have it so. It is a whole debate about whether you should or should not shop on this day. And this controversy is increasing every year as more and more retailers chose to open on this day and ask their employees to work too, which some refuse and some accept grudgingly. But as the customers have shown, they are willing to shop if the stores are open. And every year people start to grumble about why the store should be open since it is the day families get together and share meal and give thanks. And I was talking to one of my colleague and the same question came up that the day should not be about shopping but thanksgiving and family gathering. And I was arguing that one gives thank every day so why this day should be not like any other day. And then it was like this is one day dedicated to thanksgiving, we should keep it that way. Although the matter was not resolved as you might have guessed. But we should give thanks every day and nobody is forcing anybody to go to shop. As for the employees they can chose either to work or just stay home with their families. And the rise of the internet shopping what you are going to say about that? Is it then okay to shut down the internet just because it is thanksgiving in the U.S. Why can’t people resist the temptation to not shop for one day. I Surely believe that if people do that then this rise in shopping on Thanksgiving day will go away but I don’t see it happening. Why because of the internet which is on 24/7 so to shop or not to shop on Thanksgiving day has become an irrelevant question to me.