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Old 02-06-2008, 07:32 PM   #24 (permalink)
Martian
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Originally Posted by Miss Mango
It\'s good that a figure like that who can easily gain some spotlight on their views came forward. It increases the awareness of different theories/explanations and perhaps even more beneficial, initiates the general public to question what they\'ve been told. And let\'s face it, more of society tends to pay attention to celebrities rather than some expert they\'ve never heard of.
I don't know about society, but in a situation where expert analysis is required to really grok what went down, I tend to trust the expert over the celebrity.

Also, I'm laughing that people are glad Willie Nelson is speaking out, because he's respectable.



This is clearly the man I want to represent my movement.
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