It's dishonest to suggest CTers are contending there was a power/phone outage simply because they "want to know what happened." A thirst for knowledge! That is laughable delusion. The clear implication is that a power/phone outage was a result of and demonstrates the involvement of conspirators. Like the bus ride to nowhere, these contrarians cannot articulate how this furthers any objective of their fantasy conspirators. It just does. However, if there is no claim being made that the alleged power/phone outage has any links to a conspiracy and was just coincidental, and it is just a "strawman" to suggest otherwise, then the issue of the alleged power/phone outages has no more importance than whether Oswald wore boxers or briefs that day.