Greetings & Salutations from Australia,
I stumbled upon this wonderfully informative site by complete accident and after having seen the caliber and intellect of contributors on here throughout various discussions, I felt an urge to subscribe and join in the discussion with some intelligent people for a change.
I am an Audio Visual Technician by trade and in my spare time I thoroughly enjoy watching documentaries on just about every genre available. The areas that interest me the most are Science & Technology, History, Philosophy, Society, Military, The Animal Kingdom, Nature, The Supernatural & have more recently started rummaging through the Conspiracy tab on my preferred Documentary Sites. Now please don't get me wrong, for I am most definitely not, one of those tin foil hat wearing, sub-ordinate fools who subscribe to the many outlandish claims I see on the internet. I simply have an interest in exploring the frontiers of the unknown and enjoy the thrill of a well written mystery.
However, on a personal level, I have recently been drawn into debate with an ex-friend and some colleagues of mine about this dubious topic of Chem Trails. Having been involved in debating at school and enjoying a good argument/discussion, I found, that to be fair to the discussion, I would try to inform myself with the facts and fallacies surrounding this more modern "Conspiracy Theory"
Upon reading both sides of the story, whilst having a father in-law, whom was an accomplished Commercial Pilot having accrued 1000's of hours of flight time and, in addition to being closely related to an esteemed, high ranking Liberal Government Premier of State, I.... A. Understand the Physics and Facts of "Contrails" & B. Will not believe that our current or Former Government, would willfully partake in such activities, as these entertaining conspiracy nuts would try to have you believe. I agree with Mick wholeheartedly that such topics merely promote profit to imbeciles, resulting in fear mongering, the creation of dissidents and more importantly, distract the populous from focusing on more pressing issues.
Finally, I would like to commend you Mick West on your efforts in offering a well meaning platform for those who wish to logically discuss this alongside many other issues, issues that need a jolly good de-bunking. This is a fantastic and well presented site/forum and for that, I salute you.
Let the debate begin!!!