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The Search for Secret Shuttle Parts
Slashdot readers have been submitting this story about the search
for secret shuttle parts with all sorts of insane conspiracy theories attached to their cut & paste of the URL. It's apparently just the box that handled encryption for messages, so of course Uncle Sam wants it back. Quite the needle in a haystack tho.
That one is quite easy to explain. Most parts of the shuttle are not dangerous at all, but if the government warns the stupid public that even the smallest part can kill you, people are just a little less likely to move, steal, or otherwise disturb parts.
Most people are sheepish, and if someone tells them that something is dangerous, they'll be too petrified in fear to actually think for themselves. This is evidenced in the public's reaction to various major events.
One future, two choices. Oppose them or let them destroy us.