# hawthorne... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 24, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawthorne/469391 "2008-10-24T17:32:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawthorne/469391/101 "2008-10-27T14:40:53Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Am I the only one who still doesn’t understand why **hawthorne** jumped down the OP’s throat? **Hawthorne** assumed **Buddha\_clause’s** post about Zeitgeist was in actuality an attempt to get people to watch it and join the conspiracy theorists, in the guise of a complaint about his friends who’d already joined the conspiracy theorists. It was a conspiracy theory conspiracy theory. Conspiracy theory conspiracy theory conspiracy theory. fnord ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawthorne/469391/102 "2008-10-27T16:43:52Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > It was a conspiracy theory conspiracy theory. Was it a meta-conspiracy theory, or just a conspiracy theory conspiracy theory? Seriously, though, even if **hawthorne** really did think **Buddha\_Claus** was pimping the movie, he was a real jerk about how he addressed it. Oh wait…I have a _new_ conspiracy theory! ( **Nzinga** , you’re gonna love this one) **Buddha\_Claus** is actually a real-life friend of **hawthorne**. Hawthorne kept encouraging Buddha to join the Dope, but Buddha was afraid that his contributions wouldn’t be noticed or acknowledged, especially now that there are many more people posting. So the two of them cooked up this fake “controversy” in order to get Buddha noticed. Using his knowledge of previous Zeitgeist-related trolling, wrote the OP. He was willing to look like a jerk to help his good buddy. Buddha hasn’t even seen the movie. That was my first conspiracy theory. How was it? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawthorne/469391/103 "2008-10-27T16:45:36Z")
Too little Jewish involvement. I give it a C+ ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawthorne/469391/104 "2008-10-28T16:29:59Z")
But I’m the one who made it up! The last thing I was going to do was _remind_ people of the vast Jewish worldwide conspiracy. Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawthorne/469391/105 "2008-10-29T03:07:16Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Too little Jewish involvement. > I give it a C+ Buddha = symbol of Buddhism, an eastern religion Claus = symbol of Christmas, therefore a thinly veiled symbol of Christianity Obviously, attempting to hide the fact that he’s part of the Jewish conspiracy. I think we should bump this up to a B- for that. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawthorne/469391/106 "2008-10-31T08:48:39Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Just answer A, B, C, or D, and we can put all this bullshit behind us. Obviously some questions are too hard to answer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawthorne/469391.md?page=5)