We aren't allowed to speculate on the motives of posters here, but I long ago drew my conclusions. Vixen's contribution here is in no way consistent with actually discovering the reason why the Estonia sank or examining the issues—if any—surrounding the subsequent investigation of the accident. I will refrain from saying what I believe her contribution is more consistent with, but I'm not alone in making assessments.
Insofar as the new investigation is meant to quell conspiracy theories, it was misguided from the start. Those conspiratorial questions raised in the wake of the first investigation have no footing in sound science, sound engineering, and sound investigative practice. Tragedies compel us to look for answers, and they sadly compel a few miscreants to feed conspiratorial answers more consistent with acquiring attention than with learning the truth. Some people want there to be a conspiracy because that soothes their souls more than the grim, unremarkable truth. No amount of new investigation makes that desire go away. Conspiracy theories didn't fundamentally arise out of fact and they cannot be dispelled by fact.
Insofar as the new investigation was meant to address new observations, it has succeeded in confirming the prosaic hypotheses for such things as the holes in the hull.
Insofar as the new investigation was meant to address legitimate forensic engineering questions, it has confirmed the findings of the prior investigation. If anything, it has suggested that the prior investigation was too lenient on the owners and operators of the vessel. MS Estonia was not seaworthy for the voyages she was assigned to undertake nor operated safely. Undoubtedly new investigative techniques such as greatly enhanced flooding models will expand our understanding of the accident, but nothing so far has transformed the conclusion first reached. The sniping and bickering from the lay sidelines has been profoundly ignorant of the relevant disciplines of study and practice, and remains so.
But it does generate attention, and that seems to more closely explain why some in society advocate conspiracy theories. Some like Alex Jones make a lot of money lying to people and playing into their desire to believe in imaginary monsters. Others like to cloak themselves in faux virtue. And some just like to stir the pot because they're bored. Those people thrive on baiting people to keep giving attention to the pot-stirring itself, knowing the irresistible urge among some skeptics to set every record straight.
