said by justin :

google should understand their popularity rests on transparency. If there were told by the government to remove those images because of [insert stupid reason] then they should tell us that is what happened.

said by DaDogs :



Justin,

If they WERE told by the government to remove the images, it would have leaked and caused one hell of a stir. Indeed, it would have leaked just prior to the election as that would have been the worst possible time for it to leak.

Conspiracy theory is the province of the pseudo-intellectual, not the intellectual.

said by justin :

We first need an official theory that works well, before there can be a conspiracy theory.

said by justin , earlier:

hidden censorship is rarely satisfying

said by Steve :

That's not a theory?

said by justin :

If it *is* hidden censorship then it isn't satisfying. I'm not decided until someone puts up a decent theory that tests out. What is yours. the "six month blind spot for all images" theory? You predict pages of abu ghraib torture by, what, xmas?

said by Steve :

I find it nearly impossible to believe that they are actively censoring anything.

said by DaDogs :

...
Conspiracy theory is the province of the pseudo-intellectual, not the intellectual.

said by vrp :

.
... something like ... calling Iraq an imminent threat in the pre-war period ... falls under conspiracy theory ... isn't it? ...
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said by joebear29 :

Uh, no.

Unrelated, can you provide link where Iraq was called an immenent threat?