1. ''I have as much right to ask questions as anyone else. You, BK control all the survivors and make sure they ''have got their stories straight'' ( Prole actually accused me of this before). Despite badgering survivors' blogs and turning up at a meetign where the audienc eincluded survivors - such as a woman left a double amputee and the train driver, and despite giving them my leaflets - the fact that they are not interested is, erm...well, never mind! Release the evidence! Who cares what eye witnesses say!''
2. ''The Mainstream media will never allow the truth to come out, it is all a conspiracy, and the Guardian, even though it implied we were freaks, has got the anomalies out, which means those with open minds will Surely See The Truth! And Believe! And such is my sense of self-importance I actually believe that an article in which I am gently allowed to hang myself with own rope and am exposed as an eccentric will actually recruit TruthSeekers to my bonkers campaign!''
3. ''I'm struggling with this one, but hang on a mo...Detective Boy is, um, probably just making it up, and since I have decided that POwer is part fo the conspiracy and have invested much time and emotion in this beleif, I am just going to ignore it, because this is all about things joining up to fit a particular world view I have, and I actually do not think I can cope with being wrong. Even though I humbly pretend that it is not about my ego, and use argument against me to bolster my sense of being a martyr, misunderstood heroic figure and so on, I don't actually want to be proved utterly wrong, because it fundementally challenges my sense of self''
4. ''Like I would say *if I was honest, I am very proud of myself for discovering this apparent anomaly, which has led to my new internet friends and the laborious creation of my website over many hours, and I JUST DON'T WANT TO ACCEPT now that I might have made a bit of a tit of myself. I cling to this small thing, and from it I make a whole conspiracy, into which I spiral down and down, ,looking for more anomalies to boster my belief, and ignoring anything that doesn't work for me. I have painted myself into a corner where I have publicly rejected what I call the ''official version''. I have to stick with this position now, and to deflect people who ask me to source and prove and explain my assertions, I will instead ask yet more questions. Or parrot things like ''Release the evidence''. I will meanwhile, continue to ignore all the evidence that doesn't fit with my, rather unusual world-view, in which I have heavy emotional investment.''
5 -8
''Because it all started when I had a funny feeling and ''something shifted'' and my ''intuition'' kicked in. Rather than examine the possibilty that I was having some kind of breakdown, caused by feeling unsafe and very afraid at the idea that I or my loved ones could be killed by suicide bombs on the tube, I decided to go search on the internet. I found some anomalies int eh news reports, which I used to confirm my paranioa. I found new pals and a sense of purpose. Though many of their ideas are clearly bonkers, and their behaviour/thinking antisemitic and hateful, they have accepted me, and given me a sense of excitement and purpose. Rather than examine my own beliefs, and examine the idea that I might be rather vulnerable to paranioa, and see if I needed help, I happily jumped instread into what is here called conspiraloonery and got great satisfaction from my new hobby/obsession. I don't want to/cannot start to think about the fact that I might be insulting or hurtful by insisting that the bombners were innocent when they miurdered and maimed. My ego, my new friends on the internet and my hobby is more important to me. I will even justify what I am doing by saying its is ''for the victims and survivors''. Now that's cognitive dissonance for you.
It certainly is, Prole. It certainly is.