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Conspiracy Con 2006!

Pardalis said:
Conspiracy Con of 2006?

Definately Dylan Avery.
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Quite.


They really are as confused as we think. They hate being called 'conspiracy theorists' and they think the 'official' account is conning us.

"Conspiracy Con" - come and be conned by conspiracy theorists! Two-day pass plus banquet - $179.00.
 
Kochanski said:
Oooo ooo ooo, I see a way to drive them nuts. If we can find enough students we can flood them with skepticism. ALL CHILDREN under 17 are FREE :D

Do we have any high school teachers in the area on this board? Any parents in the area who can get kids with friends to attend? If so they could hand out flayers about the JREF, Skeptics Society and other cool things to people at the con.
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I just had a look at the site. Is the above idea equal to child abuse? I query the state of mind of some of the speakers.
 
Now I wonder who the attendees would blame if the whole thing suddnely got called off and the organizers disappeared without trace (with the money). Gives me an idea for next year ... ;-)
 
I would imagine the best "con" of the "ConCon" would be to spread the rumour to potential attendees that the conference itself is a "con", organised by "the man" to see who "the enemy" really are. Of course, they will be checking credit-card receipts (offline, of course), and checking money for prints and DNA later.

The second part would be to add to the confusion for the die-hard attendees by suggesting that some of the attendees are actually "spies" for the "evil gubmint", but they are deep under cover - sleepers - so it will be difficult to detect them from any other attendees.

Then...

1) See how many people turn up; and
2) See how many of them end up accusing each other of "stuff".
 
rjh01 said:
I just had a look at the site. Is the above idea equal to child abuse? I query the state of mind of some of the speakers.
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It is not child abuse, it is the opportunity for teens who have good critical thinking skills to spread the concept to others. They don't actually have to go LISTEN to the speakers, just hand out flyers in the open areas to all the CTs they can find.

Of course, if they want to go hear some speakers and pose good questions and debate with the CTers and do some additional disruption that is entirely up to them ;)
 
The 1987 World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) in Brighton was called "Conspiracy". I seem to remember the organisers having a bit of hassle and wishing they'd picked a different name. I think people coming from Russia and around there were requested just to refer to the "45th World Science Fiction Convention" and forget the name.

It wasn't the best con I've ever been to, but I did get called "cheesecake" by Julian May. Oh yes, and the Brighton Metropole didn't change my towels for five nights even though (after the Masquerade) they were filthy, and this must be some new definition of bedmaking I was previously unaware of, and when the waitress refused to let a friend (also staying at the hotel) join me at my breakfast table because she was too busy to serve anyone else, the manager was called.

Rolfe.
 
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I suppose one could make a fair nickel at the con-con by selling tinfoil hats...

Rolfe,

The Brighton hotel manager wouldn't be related to B. Fawlty, would he?
 
Dunno, but when I had tea at the same hotel a couple of years later (in connection with a biochemistry conference) I came down with food poisoning, almost certainly related to a certain turkey sandwich....

Rolfe.
 
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