coastal
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You're probably right that we'll never get to the whole truth of Stephen Paddock or the terrible events of October 1, but I disagree with the idea that researching the official narrative is a waste of time. Knowledge is power, especially where governments are concerned. Maybe the details don't matter, except to the degree that they uncover other issues. Truth: innocent people were murdered. Details: how did this happen? Could Las Vegas authorities have prevented that? Was their response appropriate? Where was the SWAT team? Why does the official story change? These are the kind of questions that, if answered, might change the future. Our future.
It looks as if a crazy man did a crazy thing. That's terrible enough. But even if we found that an ATF gun-running op went south, or that a Saudi prince was in the stairwell with Campos, or we could prove that crisis actors who died at Sandy Hook and the Boston Marathon were also among Las Vegas's victims, nothing would change. We can't prosecute anybody ourselves, or prevent free people from doing dishonest things. And if we learn that princes buy guns from Vegas hotel suites, and that the ATF has agents posed as security guards, and that there are websites advertising for actors for upcoming disaster drills, we will be more careful to pay attention to these kinds of things. We will have empowered ourselves with a more cynical trust and a more careful nature. We will require more detailed reporting, more accurate statistics, and a better response from officials when things go wrong. We will remember to look at the world around us, to talk to our neighbors, to question authority. We will be awake, and we will be less likely to become victims in the same way again.
I think that's a fair trade for doing some research.
