Who Killed Diana?
Some People Still Just Don't Get It
All day yesterday We TV showed programmes about the British Royal Family. I think we watched every one; there was a rather interesting one about Princes William and Harry, another about the seventy-nine dresses auctioned off by Di just two months before her tragic accident, and a really interesting one where Royal Chef Graham Newbould told us all about the Royals' favourite eats. For example, no fish'n'chips in Buck House; instead it's Haddock St. Germaine - small haddock fillets in breadcrumbs, fan-fried to a yummy light gold and served with tiny french fries and bearnaise (or was it hollandaise? Not sure now). It looked so good I want to try it.
However the jewel in the crown was a show called Who Killed Diana?. Now at first I thought this was going to be yet another mash of idiot theories and irrelevant questions pandering to the conspiracy crowd that want to believe Diana was murdered. I was pleasantly surprised, because instead they addressed most if not all of the 'facts' that the conspiracy theorists put forward to make their case, and pretty well shredded them. They also let the conspiracy theorists state their case without ridiculing them, so they can't say they didn't get a fair crack. In fact, the theorists pretty well hanged themselves, as I saw it, because when seen in the harsh light of day their arguments come across as forced at best, and often downright fabrication.
As an example, let's mention Henri Paul and the level of alcohol in his blood. One theorist said that he didn't look drunk on the Ritz's security videos, therefore he wasn't drunk; the blood samples must have been switched. However, it turns out that the morgue has rigorous controls that made any such switch impossible, and further, there were two sets of tests run. So our theorist now changes tack and mentions experiments that showed that the internal organs of people involved in severe accidents undergo physical stresses that result in the production of alcohol. Now, this struck me as a case of "new information that I just thought of" syndrome, since (1) I've never heard of this one before and (2) if it were true, the cops would be writing off every bad car wreck as drink-related since everyone involved would look like they'd just shifted a pint of gin.
Some people who put forward whacky theories do it for book sales and TV spots; they don't really believe what they're saying. That guy (unfortunately I didn't catch his name) struck me as one of these.
I really don't think this applies to the other expert conspiracy theorist - none other than David Icke, ex-footballer, ex-TV sports presenter and author of something like twenty books telling us all about how the world is governed by Reptoids - reptilian aliens from a planet in the constellation Draco, and their reptile/human hybrids. The Queen Mother was a Reptoid, Icke says, and so is 'president' George Bush. According to Icke, Diana was murdered on orders from "higher powers with their own agenda", by which I think we can take to mean the Reptoid Illuminati. Now, to be fair, Icke didn't state this explicitly and the program makers didn't go out of their way to mention his books or ideas, which I think was the right thing to do. But if you don't believe me take a look at the Wikipedia entry I linked on Icke's name, or read/listen to Skeptoid.com podcast episode 46, "Support Your Local Reptoid", or perhaps better still take a look at Icke's own web site for some idea of where his head is. I get the impression that Icke honestly believes this stuff, in which case I think he needs a good long rest in one of those special hotels where the walls are soft and you eat with your fingers.
At the end of the day you have to ask the question: could such a conspiracy involving the Royal Family and their staff, MI6, the French authorities in Paris, the French news media, the British new media, and who knows who else... could such a conspiracy be kept secret by every single person involved for TEN YEARS without someone saying something, when just one person giving an interview with the papers would make millions?
All day yesterday We TV showed programmes about the British Royal Family. I think we watched every one; there was a rather interesting one about Princes William and Harry, another about the seventy-nine dresses auctioned off by Di just two months before her tragic accident, and a really interesting one where Royal Chef Graham Newbould told us all about the Royals' favourite eats. For example, no fish'n'chips in Buck House; instead it's Haddock St. Germaine - small haddock fillets in breadcrumbs, fan-fried to a yummy light gold and served with tiny french fries and bearnaise (or was it hollandaise? Not sure now). It looked so good I want to try it.
However the jewel in the crown was a show called Who Killed Diana?. Now at first I thought this was going to be yet another mash of idiot theories and irrelevant questions pandering to the conspiracy crowd that want to believe Diana was murdered. I was pleasantly surprised, because instead they addressed most if not all of the 'facts' that the conspiracy theorists put forward to make their case, and pretty well shredded them. They also let the conspiracy theorists state their case without ridiculing them, so they can't say they didn't get a fair crack. In fact, the theorists pretty well hanged themselves, as I saw it, because when seen in the harsh light of day their arguments come across as forced at best, and often downright fabrication.
As an example, let's mention Henri Paul and the level of alcohol in his blood. One theorist said that he didn't look drunk on the Ritz's security videos, therefore he wasn't drunk; the blood samples must have been switched. However, it turns out that the morgue has rigorous controls that made any such switch impossible, and further, there were two sets of tests run. So our theorist now changes tack and mentions experiments that showed that the internal organs of people involved in severe accidents undergo physical stresses that result in the production of alcohol. Now, this struck me as a case of "new information that I just thought of" syndrome, since (1) I've never heard of this one before and (2) if it were true, the cops would be writing off every bad car wreck as drink-related since everyone involved would look like they'd just shifted a pint of gin.
Some people who put forward whacky theories do it for book sales and TV spots; they don't really believe what they're saying. That guy (unfortunately I didn't catch his name) struck me as one of these.
I really don't think this applies to the other expert conspiracy theorist - none other than David Icke, ex-footballer, ex-TV sports presenter and author of something like twenty books telling us all about how the world is governed by Reptoids - reptilian aliens from a planet in the constellation Draco, and their reptile/human hybrids. The Queen Mother was a Reptoid, Icke says, and so is 'president' George Bush. According to Icke, Diana was murdered on orders from "higher powers with their own agenda", by which I think we can take to mean the Reptoid Illuminati. Now, to be fair, Icke didn't state this explicitly and the program makers didn't go out of their way to mention his books or ideas, which I think was the right thing to do. But if you don't believe me take a look at the Wikipedia entry I linked on Icke's name, or read/listen to Skeptoid.com podcast episode 46, "Support Your Local Reptoid", or perhaps better still take a look at Icke's own web site for some idea of where his head is. I get the impression that Icke honestly believes this stuff, in which case I think he needs a good long rest in one of those special hotels where the walls are soft and you eat with your fingers.
At the end of the day you have to ask the question: could such a conspiracy involving the Royal Family and their staff, MI6, the French authorities in Paris, the French news media, the British new media, and who knows who else... could such a conspiracy be kept secret by every single person involved for TEN YEARS without someone saying something, when just one person giving an interview with the papers would make millions?
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