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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 07:32
Conspiracies exist - but which ones are true?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 07:41
That's what I meant.

They're not conspiracies if they're true.

But I still ask Henry whether he believes any of these conspiracies have any slight truth in them or is he living in his own mystery world where he thinks everything he sees on television and reads on the Internet is the truth?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 09:39
Originally posted by James James wrote:

Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:

That's all genuine footage though, David.

I'm not saying I'm completely convinced by these videos but one thing I am sure about: it was an inside job

It's just determining how.
Well I guess it's up to your generation to figure it out, I've got my hands full with Kennedy  Smile

 
 
Our generation (I was in high school on 9/11/11) did: South Park shot the 9/11 conspiracy bullsh*t down in flames.  The logistics of it being an inside job simply don't make any sense. 


Surely if you're going to do an inside job, you want the logistics of it to not make sense?
 
 
That means that the sheer logistics of it are impossible.  Read the cracked article or go on believing that millions of people, that would have to have been in on at least part of the conspiracy, were bribed billions of dollars to keep it the murder of 3000 people hush-hush without one single solitary whistle blower stepping forward to be the hero.
 
Read the cracked article and let go of this absolute nonsense.  I hate the central government as much as the next person (as you all well know) but I also know that it's a bungling mess that can't avoid bankrupting it's own people let alone plan and flawlessly execute (0 leaks in a coverup this massive, come on... really) the most elaborate conspiracy in human history.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 09:52
Erm... murder of 3000 people?

Some claim none were killed at all.  I'm not agreeing with that but I'm just saying what some are saying.  I don't think the death toll is officially 3000 though.

The actual logistics would be much smaller than you believe.  Maybe still quite unbelievable, yes but not impossible.

A crash of a 'plane nobody really seemed to witness crash.  No real wreckage to speak of?
A really grainy and terrible car park CCTV footage of something that doesn't look anything like a large passenger jet, hitting the Pentagon?  Oh and that CCTV footage also has frames missing.
Lots of completely contradictory witness reports of the 'plane that supposedly hit the Pentagon?
No other released CCTV footage has been shown.  Why?

People did witness something but it's not what has been reported.  So they wouldn't have to have been paid anything.

That's not even mentioning the twin towers.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 10:06
World War II bomber found on surface of the moon disapears! Shocked
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 10:10
That's because it was never there in the first place. LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 10:17
What!!! Unhappy
 
 
 
 
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 10:42
Originally posted by James James wrote:

Erm... murder of 3000 people?

Some claim none were killed at all.  I'm not agreeing with that but I'm just saying what some are saying.  I don't think the death toll is officially 3000 though.

The actual logistics would be much smaller than you believe.  Maybe still quite unbelievable, yes but not impossible.

A crash of a 'plane nobody really seemed to witness crash.  No real wreckage to speak of?
A really grainy and terrible car park CCTV footage of something that doesn't look anything like a large passenger jet, hitting the Pentagon?  Oh and that CCTV footage also has frames missing.
Lots of completely contradictory witness reports of the 'plane that supposedly hit the Pentagon?
No other released CCTV footage has been shown.  Why?

People did witness something but it's not what has been reported.  So they wouldn't have to have been paid anything.

That's not even mentioning the twin towers.
 
 
You don't need to mention the towers when you so thoroughly expose a slobbering ignorance, based on some attention whore college kids fictional film.
 
None were killed?  That expands to the conspiracy to every single victims family.  Either that or the government took its time finding thousands of people who wish to completely drop off the map and then gave them each completely new identities.  Of course, none of these undead people would ever come forward to expose this.
 
No wreckage?  The myth might be the single most retarded one from the Loose Change believers.  The kid just edited out any image of plane debris and viewers were too lazy to fact check him.  These images surely don't show plane pieces:
that's not a wheel
these certainly aren't bits of the fuselage with parts of the GODDAMNED LOGO still visible
 
I could go on and on but I shouldn't waste my time.  You sicken me. 


Edited by manofmystery - November 20 2011 at 10:43


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 10:54
Originally posted by James James wrote:

I meant, have you actually looked into lots of different conspiracies about this?  It won't change your mind, I know this but it may make your arguments a bit more valid.  I'm sure you have much better things to be doing though.

Yes, I have, because unlike you I am not in the habit of making statements without checking them. For example
Quote I don't think the death toll is officially 3000 though.

2977. Unless you are seriously being pedantic about rounding 7%...
Originally posted by James James wrote:

Some claim none were killed at all.  I'm not agreeing with that but I'm just saying what some are saying.

And that is by far the dumbest thing I will hear today, so why bring it up?
Originally posted by James James wrote:

But I still ask Henry whether he believes any of these conspiracies have any slight truth in them or is he living in his own mystery world where he thinks everything he sees on television and reads on the Internet is the truth?

Taking everything at face value or believing the asinine nonsense listed here is obviously a false dichotomy.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 11:29
Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:

Erm... murder of 3000 people?

Some claim none were killed at all.  I'm not agreeing with that but I'm just saying what some are saying.  I don't think the death toll is officially 3000 though.

The actual logistics would be much smaller than you believe.  Maybe still quite unbelievable, yes but not impossible.

A crash of a 'plane nobody really seemed to witness crash.  No real wreckage to speak of?
A really grainy and terrible car park CCTV footage of something that doesn't look anything like a large passenger jet, hitting the Pentagon?  Oh and that CCTV footage also has frames missing.
Lots of completely contradictory witness reports of the 'plane that supposedly hit the Pentagon?
No other released CCTV footage has been shown.  Why?

People did witness something but it's not what has been reported.  So they wouldn't have to have been paid anything.

That's not even mentioning the twin towers.
 
 
You don't need to mention the towers when you so thoroughly expose a slobbering ignorance, based on some attention whore college kids fictional film.
 
None were killed?  That expands to the conspiracy to every single victims family.  Either that or the government took its time finding thousands of people who wish to completely drop off the map and then gave them each completely new identities.  Of course, none of these undead people would ever come forward to expose this.
 
No wreckage?  The myth might be the single most retarded one from the Loose Change believers.  The kid just edited out any image of plane debris and viewers were too lazy to fact check him.  These images surely don't show plane pieces:
that's not a wheel
these certainly aren't bits of the fuselage with parts of the GODDAMNED LOGO still visible
 
I could go on and on but I shouldn't waste my time.  You sicken me. 


If none were killed (which I'm not saying I believe by the way, if you'd actually read what I said, instead of assuming), then there wouldn't be any victims families.  The government could have made up identities and not even involved real people.  There's software easily available that will create faces and such like and photoshop is easily used too.

Loose Change is not the video I follow, by the way.  I've seen it.  It doesn't prove anything either way.  Bits of it could be true.  Bits of it could be false.  All of it could be false.

That bottom photo is in Loose Change by the way.  Sorry to be pedantic.  I don't think you've actually watched it.

And it proves nothing.  One guy holding a small bit of metal with a bit of logo on.  Another small part at the back.

How does a 'plane of the size reported make a hole that doesn't fit the size of the 'plane?  Even the angle in which the 'plane came in would have been almost impossible for anyone to do.

The damage caused was quite minimal.  Very little wreckage has been photographed from the Pentagon crash.  If the damage was that minimal, then how come there's so little debris?

That top photo is also looking like it's from the Pentagon crash.  It doesn't really show much, does it?  Where's the Shanksville debris by the way?  That was the crash I was referring to above, more so than the Pentagon one.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 11:32
And you're right, that's not a wheel.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 11:43
Have you looked into it James? You seem to have a poor understanding of material deformation in high speed collisions. The plane's impact markers aren't out of the ordinary. WTC 7 is the only sketchy part of the whole event to me. 
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Are we referring to the impact markers in the Pentagon or in the towers?  The impact markers in the towers aren't as questionable.  It's the Pentagon one I'm referring to.

The fires seemed to develop mostly in the floors below the impact.

And yes, WTC7 is my biggest issue as well.

I'm open minded and I'm not saying I believe any of what I have written above.  I have doubts about many aspects of the true story.  Including the Pentagon crash.  I don't believe that was a 'plane.  I'm also suspicious about the Shanksville crash.

I'm just reading a lot from different sites and watching a lot of videos and just trying to gather my own thoughts about it.  Most people in the Truth Movement disagree with each other and some are just complete arseholes because they're absolutely convinced they're right.

I'm not like that myself.

I've seen comments by people who deal with metal and fires and are experts on the subject.  Even they have doubts about it.

No towers have ever freefallen like those two before unless via a controlled explosion.  Other towers have suffered from severe fire damage and have remained standing.

I realise this was due to an impact and jet fuel and other factors but I still have doubts.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 12:01
Leave him be, Equality.  He's not worth the frustration.  He's way too far gone to be brought back to reality.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 12:03
Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Conspiracies exist - but which ones are true?
Ones? Plural. You're hoping for a lot.
 
Any theory that stretches credibility, rationality, logic or physics is never going to be a contender. If you want something to be taken seriously, don't call it a conspiracy.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 12:07
I've not gone anywhere, mom.  I'm perfectly sane.  I did just say I'm open minded.  Prove to me the official story is true and I'll happily change my opinion.  Wink

But you're supporting of Ron Paul says it all, really. LOL

Pat, I'm curious as to your thoughts on WTC7 as you say you have your doubts?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 12:08
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Conspiracies exist - but which ones are true?
Ones? Plural. You're hoping for a lot.
 
Any theory that stretches credibility, rationality, logic or physics is never going to be a contender. If you want something to be taken seriously, don't call it a conspiracy.
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 12:28
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Henry, you may rage at me but I'm open minded.  I'm not one of those crazy guys who says that a conspiracy is absolutely true.  I've just been reading a lot about it and there's so many holes in the 9/11 official story that something dodgy happened.One thing I am convinced about is that there were explosives in the both of the towers, as well as WTC7.The no-plane thing is very questionable.  The Vicsim thing is too.  There's so many terrible ideas out there.Many people who lost family in 9/11 though are asking questions.  They don't agree with the official story.  The Truth movement isn't tiny.In fact, I'd say the Truth movement is far larger than the Moon Landing truth movement.





One of the main drivers behind the 9/11 conspiracy theory is the idea that the establishment had motive. Much of this comes from the statement in the 'Project for a new American century' document, that says the US should assert its military around the world, toppling such regimes as those in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, North Korea. It says that the American public will not support such a program 'absent some catalysing event, like a new Pearl Harbour'

I think the PNAC published its agenda in the late 90's.

I've seen all the loose change films, and many of the de-bunking attempts too, and I have to say that if you watch Loose Change, assuming that it was all a big conspiracy then the film will easily convince you. That's why it's important to get information from all sides. Loose Change was the work of a well intentioned but very angry, and I would suggest, rather impressionable young man. Still, it's interesting.

9/11 myths, imo: It wasn't a plane that hit the Pentagon. There were hundreds of eye witnesses who saw it. It's difficult to miss a boeing 767, flying at 300mph 100ft above you. It would be difficult to mistake a passenger jet for a cruise missile.

The hi-jackers were not on any passenger lists. They were.

There was a lot of stock market 'short selling' on the airline stocks the day before. Yes, there was, but this kind of activity was not uncommon.

Larry Silverstein (owner of the WTC lease) faced a $1B bill by the port Authority, to remove asbestos from the twin towers. It is said that he was involved in the conspiracy to avoid the crippling bill, and claim on the significant insurence, which was far in excess of what he paid for the lease (in the region of $400,000,000. I can't prove this wasn't the case, but it sounds like bollocks to me.

There are unanswered questions of course, but I'm not going into them here. It's too much of an emotive issue, and ultimately people will believe what they want to believe, regardless of evidence either way. Some beliefs are evidence based, and some come from a gut feeling. When it comes to CT's, those who believe they have any credibility, have their belief based in gut feeling. Those who deny their credibility, require what they regard as 'proof'of the conspiracy before they entertain it. The whole point of conspiracies are that they are covert, and as such are deniable. So, that's stalemate.

Best to just get on with your life, and hope to God that the people who run the show, who we mostly are happy to acknowledge as crooks and liars on a daily basis, would not stoop so low as to kill their own to further their own agendas.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2011 at 12:42
Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:



Henry, you may rage at me but I'm open minded.  I'm not one of those crazy guys who says that a conspiracy is absolutely true.  I've just been reading a lot about it and there's so many holes in the 9/11 official story that something dodgy happened.One thing I am convinced about is that there were explosives in the both of the towers, as well as WTC7.The no-plane thing is very questionable.  The Vicsim thing is too.  There's so many terrible ideas out there.Many people who lost family in 9/11 though are asking questions.  They don't agree with the official story.  The Truth movement isn't tiny.In fact, I'd say the Truth movement is far larger than the Moon Landing truth movement.





One of the main drivers behind the 9/11 conspiracy theory is the idea that the establishment had motive. Much of this comes from the statement in the 'Project for a new American century' document, that says the US should assert its military around the world, toppling such regimes as those in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, North Korea. It says that the American public will not support such a program 'absent some catalysing event, like a new Pearl Harbour'

I think the PNAC published its agenda in the late 90's.

I've seen all the loose change films, and many of the de-bunking attempts too, and I have to say that if you watch Loose Change, assuming that it was all a big conspiracy then the film will easily convince you. That's why it's important to get information from all sides. Loose Change was the work of a well intentioned but very angry, and I would suggest, rather impressionable young man. Still, it's interesting.

Indeed and I've watched other videos, read lots of different forums and generally tried to sift through as much as I can.  I agree about the Loose Change video too.  Some elements of it may indeed have a basis.  I don't think Loose Change says it was a missile though.  The videos that do so are the September Clues ones.

There's a lot of ideas being thrown around and many people who don't believe the official story dismiss Loose Change and Alex Jones.

9/11 myths, imo: It wasn't a plane that hit the Pentagon. There were hundreds of eye witnesses who saw it. It's difficult to miss a boeing 767, flying at 300mph 100ft above you. It would be difficult to mistake a passenger jet for a cruise missile.

Indeed.  Although many eyewitnesses reported differently but this is only natural.  Not everyone will see the same thing.  They could also have conceivably been Radio Controlled.  They could still be witnessed by onlookers then.  Indeed, even on the day it happened, before I read anything about "conspiracies", I thought they looked Radio Controlled or at least not quite real enough.  Something just didn't sit right with me when I was watching the footage on the television and this was on the same day!

The hi-jackers were not on any passenger lists. They were.

Some were.  Some weren't.  Different lists seem to show different passengers too.  Not all agree with each other.  Plus there are other issues too relating to passenger lists.

I believe also some of these hi-jackers have since been found alive.

There was a lot of stock market 'short selling' on the airline stocks the day before. Yes, there was, but this kind of activity was not uncommon.

Indeed.  This isn't proof of anything.  It looks fishy though.

Larry Silverstein (owner of the WTC lease) faced a $1B bill by the port Authority, to remove asbestos from the twin towers. It is said that he was involved in the conspiracy to avoid the crippling bill, and claim on the significant insurence, which was far in excess of what he paid for the lease (in the region of $400,000,000. I can't prove this wasn't the case, but it sounds like bollocks to me.

I've also read this but again, I've not looked into it fully enough to say.  This is the least of my problems with the whole thing.

There are unanswered questions of course, but I'm not going into them here. It's too much of an emotive issue, and ultimately people will believe what they want to believe, regardless of evidence either way. Some beliefs are evidence based, and some come from a gut feeling. When it comes to CT's, those who believe they have any credibility, have their belief based in gut feeling. Those who deny their credibility, require what they regard as 'proof'of the conspiracy before they entertain it. The whole point of conspiracies are that they are covert, and as such are deniable. So, that's stalemate.

Much like myself.  I have a gut feeling about it.  I cannot say what really happened that day.  Something wasn't right in my mind.  As I said above, even on the day it happened, something didn't sit right and that's why I looked into it.  I didn't just stumble on Loose Change and then change my mind.  I had doubts beforehand and searched for other peoples thoughts.

Best to just get on with your life, and hope to God that the people who run the show, who we mostly are happy to acknowledge as crooks and liars on a daily basis, would not stoop so low as to kill their own to further their own agendas.


Quite so.  I doesn't bother me in the slightest as it doesn't personally affect me.  I just find it interesting.  I've read stuff about 7/7 as well, which is closer to home but that's far more believable than 9/11.
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