“if every person interviewed gave very similar accounts conspiracy theorists would also see this as a strange occurrence and say it was all too ‘scripted’ or something similar”

They would probably be correct in that case.

bewisetoday on 11 Jan 2013 at 3:48 pm

why would a White Wasp woman in Connecticut even have a Bushmaster assault rifle?

1. Because she wanted a rifle, and the Bushmaster is a rifle. Probably chosen for the same reasons everyone buys iPhones. Oddly enough, a lot of people think AR15s are crap. But they look cool and all of your friends have one!

2. It’s not an “assault rifle”.

All descriptions of Nancy Lanza is that she was generous,

Of course, generous people don’t own rifles. Instead of metal detectors at airports, the TSA should just ask every passenger to lend them a cup of flour.

I went to a discussion about gun violence hosted by our local library in a town very near Newton, CT. There was a man in the audience explaining how awesome the “AR platform” is hunting and target practice. He was actively teaching his two boys to use it. The guy also said that yes, his boys play violent video games like Call of Duty. He said: “I’ve tried to limit how much they play, but you can’t stop them from playing them, can you?” So here’s a parent who is clearly unable to exercise control over his kids, and he’s teaching them how to use daddy’s assault rifle. Tell me those boys don’t know EXACTLY where to find the key to the gun cabinet.

Why did Adam Lanza’s mother have guns? Because she was just another suburban Connecticut gun enthusiast, like so many others.

As for the grand conspiracy – contrary to the self-aggrandizing beliefs of conspiracy theorists, people are not sheep. There are angry, grieving parents here in CT who have the sympathy of a nation. What POSSIBLE incentive could the government offer to keep some deep dark secret about why their children died? If our Secret Service can’t cover up the President diddling an intern in the Oval Office, what chance is there of an entire school administration or town keeping quiet about some nefarious conspiracy?

People simply don’t act that way.

But many WILL decide not to pour their hearts out to the press when they’ve just lost their children. And many WILL get really pissed off at press who try to interview other kids and PTSD-afflicted teachers.

I hope you’re never the victim of some news-worthy family tragedy. But if you are, I really hope you’re not harassed by voyeuristic strangers with empty lives seeking some sick thrill from the details of your misery.

Lanza’s scenario – quiet socially awkward kid goes Rambo, is not suspicious at all. It’s absolutely textbook. It’s become a cliche. After someone goes on a rampage, the neighbors are interviewed and they say something to the effect, “He was always a quiet kid, kept to himself, but no trouble.” That is the profile.

People like this are quiet because they cannot socialize well. They are repressed. They keep their negative feeling bottled up until they become rage, and when they explode it’s dramatic.

I completely agree with you about the problem of independents news outlets disappearing, and centralize news distributors taking over. This is a problem. But it’s not a conspiracy. It’s a result of the collapse of the journalist business model because of the internet. We are in transition – not sure to what.

Regarding your questions:
1 – I don’t know, but it probably has to do with the lack of independent reporting. Maybe he was camera shy, and his mother did not take pictures.

2 – Respect for the privacy of the families, and because there is still an active investigation. With cases like this you have to maintain your interest after the new hubbub dies down. All the info will eventually come out.

Adults were interviewed: http://www.katiecouric.com/features/one-familys-story-of-survival/ And I know them personally – they are not actors.

3 – This is the pattern because this is what actually happens – a long gunman or a pair (like Columbine, or the DC snipers). They are not always killed (like the Batman shootings). So there are exceptions to everything you say, but this is a common pattern. This does not suggest anything other than this is the scenario that typically leads to a mass shooting.

4 – Not sure what you are asking here.

I’m no Columbo, but there are several things that simply don’t make sense. When this first started to unfold, the first question that came to my mind, is why would a White Wasp woman in Connecticut even have a Bushmaster assault rifle? All descriptions of Nancy Lanza is that she was generous, liked to drink wine and play Bunko with her friends. She does not sound like a survivialist” as has been portrayed.

Why would Adam Lanza, who was by all who knew him, a painfully shy awkward kid who had trouble in social situations suddenly turn RAMBO, and be bold enough to break glass, get into the building and start shooting? Again, there is not the ring of truth to this.

Our issue is that small independent papers have been taken over by major media chains, and on the day of the shooting, the same pictures, the same headlines, and the same content was distributed not just nationwide, but internationally as well.

Some questions I would like answered:

1. Why just the grainy black and white photo of Adam that makes him look like a psycopath, I’m sure there were plenty of other pictures where he looked like just a normal 110 lb kid that he is.

2. Why no pictures of the school at all, no surveillance video, no autopsy reports, what happened to the adults who survived the shooting and could provide an eye-witness account for that day?

3. Think about it, the same pattern over and over again: 1. Assassination or Mass Tragedy 2. Lone Gun man 3. Gun man is either killed, commits suicide or “taken out” 4. No hard evidence, burial at sea….4. Official story goes out…leaving everyone scratching their heads, cause something aint’ right, here?

4. Is that the new normal? I guess we know what will happens with James Holmes, he’ll be found incompetent to stand trial, so we will never know what really happened there either.

My vote goes to the intertubes: like minds able to contact each other easily and share information that validates and underpins their warped view of the world.

Delete pedantic comments when done.

In the movie “Conspiracy Theory” with Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts, a conspiracy theorist stumbles upon a real conspiracy. According to political scientist, Michael Barkun, this movie helped spread the idea of conspiracy theory from the lunatic right to the general population.