What is conspiracy ?

That's a great question.
When can we talk about conspiracy ?
Is there only a big conspiracy and conspiracies ?

I'm waiting for you're ideas about that.

[edit on 7-6-2004 by Nans DESMICHELS]

Conspiracy and more specifically conspiracy theory to me is the belief that there is knowledge on a variety of subjects that is not generally available to the public, or knowledge that has been denied to exist or purposefully hidden.

Take the JFK assassination for example, no matter who you believe is actually responsible, the common thread among "conspiracy theorists" is that more knowledge exists, that someone knows it, and they are purposefully hiding it or not telling us.

The belief that there is only one conspiracy is itself, a conspiracy theory. I personally have doubts in the unified conspiracy theory, but like anything, I'm open to discussion on the matter.