Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Conspiracy Theories



Bus number 501. It was some minutes past midday. It happened a miracle so I was sitting. A guy that was also sitting (the bus was not full) and wearing cap, Bermuda shorts and flip flop, whose skin was tanned by the sun, was speaking without making a pause. I looked behind myself in order to see who was siting by his side. It was a woman wearing sun glasses, whose head was nodding over the window glass. She seemed most interested in resting than in talking. But the guy did not stop speaking.

"North Korea says that it has atomic bomb. That's why USA is against it. If it has atomic bomb, why does not it get quiet? Get quiet. I believe that North Korea has the atomic bomb, this is a great weapon, so why should this country proclaim this? Get quiet is better. I have my own ideas, I think that Brazil also has atomic bomb, but Lula does not say anything, because he's afraid of USA turning against Brazil. And if Lula thinks this way, he's very intelligent. For if Brazil has a weapon like this, an atomic bomb, why should it say to everything? This would be an exhibitionist attitude, it's what North Korea is doing, it wants to show off itself. If it has the atomic bomb, get quiet. And if Brazil is really doing its own atomic bomb and Lula does not say anything, he's an intelligent guy. If some country has the bomb, it must not say, it must be quiet. For..."

(Repeat this passage five times to know the intire speech)

Later, while the passanger by his side seemed not interested in what he was saying and the conductor woman seemed really curious (I don't know if she was curious about the theory or about its author), it came a new theory:

" Before now Latin America was divided in two countries. From Mexico to here everything owned to [ I could not hear it] and from Mexico to there everything owned to USA. Canada was not strong, Canada is not so strong like USA, so USA took Alaska from it. I know the reason why USA did it. That's why USA and Canada have an exit to Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. But if Asia [ and another region that I don't remember] tried to attack Canada through Pacific Ocean, it would not be able to defend itself. That's why USA took Alaska. For if Asia tried to attack..."

(Repeat this passage two times to know the speech until the moment when I came out from the bus).

Now I can't stop thinking I really must care about myself. I wonder if he turn into this kind of person because of his abundant studies...