# Widespread Secret Societies exist ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/widespread-secret-societies-exist/197171>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 23, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/widespread-secret-societies-exist/197171 "2003-08-23T16:21:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/widespread-secret-societies-exist/197171/61 "2003-08-27T17:03:40Z")

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Hmm, my last post should read POSSESSED Goats. (not the kind of goat that you want to go felch)

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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/widespread-secret-societies-exist/197171/62 "2003-08-27T22:21:49Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Evil Captor \*  
> \*\*I think the quality of this discussion is more than amply illustrated that I nominated a group which is known to have a proclivity for attracting spies to its membership and you guys are focussing on the Masons. Sad. \*\*

Hang on a second here. The OP specifically mentioned the Templars and the Masons. Why should everyone in this thread suddenly drop what they were talking about, and rally around your citeless Opus Dei post twenty-six posts down the page? Sad.

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