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Originally posted by Whyhi
reply to post by ugie1028
Are you trying to play the sympathy card when you're talking about whether or not the questions of those who lost family on that day are justified for asking if thermite / bombs / missiles / space lazers brought down the tower?
Emotional ties does mean you can reject evidence and or make up your own and run with it.
And yes, if that's what they are suggesting, then they are a conspiracy theorist, regardless of someones opinion of conspiracy theorists.
If I was a janitor at the white house and I come out and say I saw Obama turn into a giant reptile and eat my family, and my family also turns up dead somewhere else, despite the massive amount of evidence to the contrary, it still makes me a conspiracy theorist as much as someone else saying it that doesn't have family ties in the matter.
[edit on 14-2-2010 by Whyhi]
Originally posted by Whyhi
reply to post by ugie1028
If truthers pay legitimate experts for a new investigation, I don't really care. If you want to waste money on a new investigation, I really wouldn't care either because there is no evidence, old or new, but it would be a pretty good laugh seeing all the truthers just ignore another investigation, that they ordered.
There is no reason for an investigation because there is no evidence, simple as that
Originally posted by Whyhi
reply to post by SPreston
Amazing how cold-blooded these politically motivated 9-11 OFFICIAL STORY internet defense attorneys are.
Rawr?
Really, what did I even say that makes me cold blooded?
This 9-11 WTC victim's family member would agree.
Way to play the sympathy card again, unfortunately their emotional ties in the matter does not effect the truth of the matter. Regardless, I haven't looked into the actual numbers of family members that actually think it was an inside job. Knowing truthers though, somethings probably been twisted every which way.
Originally posted by seethelight
reply to post by TylerKing
Another Faither so annoted that someone would question his faith he's willing to ignore me.
People interested in the truth don't IGNORE contradictory evidence, they explain it.
How many Faithers just click ignore when thing get too confusing.
And by the way, I call you Faithers because you're basing your believe, not on facts, but on your faith.
I BELIEVE this happened, now I just have to prove it.
That's faith friend, not logic.
And like I've been saying, if you guys REALLY only want an investigation, you need QUESTIONS, not ANSWERS.
Originally posted by MattMulder
It's easier for Russia, compared to the US.
1. Most of Rusians have a low education level. I mean, very low.
way to go dimitri
"Most of Rusians have a low education level. I mean, very low".
Higher Education
Higher education is provided by public and non-public (non-State) accredited higher education institutions. There are two levels of higher education:
-Basic higher education (4 years) leading to the Bakalavr's degree (Bachelor degree), the first university level degree. This is equivalent to the B.Sc. degree in the US or Western Europe
-Postgraduate higher education (5-6 years or more). After two years, students are entitled to receive a Magistr's degree. This is equivalent to a Master's Degree (M.Sc, M.A.) in the US or Western Europe. After a Master's degree, students can continue to study towards a doctoral degree: Kandidat Nauk degree (the first level, equivalent to Ph.D.) and Doktor Nauk degree (the second, highest level, equivalent to Professor).
History of education in Russia
Russia's higher education system started with the foundation of the universities in Moscow and St. Petersburg in the middle of the 18th century. The system was constructed similar to that of Germany. In Soviet times all of the population in Russia had at least a secondary education. The pursuit of higher education was and still is considered to be very prestigious. More than 50% of people have a higher education.
Due in great part to demands of the international educational organizations, the system of education in Russia began to change over the past four to five years. Universities began transitioning to a system similar to that of Britain and the USA: 4 years for the Bachelor's degree and 2 years for a Master's degree. The universities are still in the process of these changes; some of them offer the new system and others still work according to the prior 5-year system, particularly in programs such as law.
Russia has a free education system guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution, and has a literacy rate of 99.4%. Entry to higher education is highly competitive. As a result of great emphasis on science and technology in education, Russian medical, mathematical, scientific, and space and aviation research is generally of a high order.
According to a 2005 UNESCO report, 96% of the adult population has completed lower secondary schooling and most of them also have an upper secondary education
According to a 2005 UNESCO report, more than 50% of the Russian adult population has attained a tertiary education (university level) which is twice as high as the OECD average.
The literacy rate in Russia, according to the 2002 census, is 99.4% (99.7% men, 99.2% women)
USA
The country has a reading literacy rate at 98% of the population over age 15, while ranking below average in science and mathematics understanding compared to other developed countries. In 2008, there was a 77% graduation rate from high school, below that of most developed countries.
The poor performance has pushed public and private efforts such as the No Child Left Behind Act. In addition, the ratio of college-educated adults entering the workforce to general population (33%) is slightly below the mean of other developed countries (35%) and rate of participation of the labor force in continuing education is high.
27.2% earned a bachelor's degree, and 9.6% earned graduate degrees
Originally posted by 814ck0u7
If you want an investigation, ALL you need are questions.
Originally posted by Alfie1
Originally posted by 814ck0u7
If you want an investigation, ALL you need are questions.
If you want an investigation you don't have to wait on a political decision.
What you do need though is firm evidence of wrong-doing. If you have that there are law enforcement agencies and a justice system who must act.
You could also go to the media at the same time. All this talk about the MSM being docile is nonsense. It is just a cover for CTer's failure to give them anything to work with. If you could give something to the Washington Post that would stand up they would be wetting themselves with excitement.
So, how about trying to find something you can actually prove instead of going over old de-bunked stuff time and time again on a conspiracy site, which just makes you look like permanent losers.
Originally posted by 814ck0u7
Originally posted by seethelight
reply to post by TylerKing
Another Faither so annoted that someone would question his faith he's willing to ignore me.
People interested in the truth don't IGNORE contradictory evidence, they explain it.
How many Faithers just click ignore when thing get too confusing.
And by the way, I call you Faithers because you're basing your believe, not on facts, but on your faith.
I BELIEVE this happened, now I just have to prove it.
That's faith friend, not logic.
And like I've been saying, if you guys REALLY only want an investigation, you need QUESTIONS, not ANSWERS.
my motheronce gave me a very sage piece of information: you do not go to a judge for justice, you go to a judge for a decision. justice is what the 2 parties work out between themselves.
you put FAITH in the official story, too. you KNOW that there are holes all up in the story too, but you pave over them by not mentioning them, and hoping no one else does either, but when they are uncovered, you use ad homs.
you are a debunker, and a poor one, through and through.
Originally posted by Mr_Awesome
It really is pretty obvious when looking at these photos and watching videos of the collapse that it was not caused by structural failure at the top of the building. Basic common sense is all that is needed to figure this out.
If the collapse was caused by the plane hitting the building, the top section would still have to bash through all of the undamaged floors below the failure as well as the massive central core. You can see from one of the photos how high the plane hit. There is no way that the weight of that top section could pulverise the entire building to the ground in seconds and with what seems like no resitence at all.
Considering the speed that the buildings fell I think most rationally minded people would agree that the OS is absurd at best.
Originally posted by eazyriderl_l
and millions of "truthers" world-wide see that the real truth is it's not just the govs that are out to get us, but your average everyday citizen who feels like your view will upset his little world, and they will fight you to the death to remain ignorant. Or at least try to ruin your reputation and discredit anything you try to say.
It is no laughing matter, but the fact that these "truthers" will do ANYTHING to "keep" their ignorant place in society just cracks me up. And they WILL fight those of us who have experience in engineering, metallurgy and building construction and/or architecture to the death over it. How completely absurd of them. THAT is what I find so funny.