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You say you " don't assume someone who would take part in such a thing would feel guilty to begin with. " Well, there are of course psychopaths for whom that would be true but, fortunately, they are rare. However, as regards alleged 9/11 inside job conspirators, we are not talking about the dregs of death row.
To be of any use to the alleged conspiracy they had to be educated people with professional expertise of some sort.
Not only that, you are suggesting these people are very family orientated and would not do anything to put them at risk.
So far as Obama letting Bush/Cheney off lightly about war crimes, I don't want to get into that but what you are suggesting is very different from a pro-active policy of killing people to cover up for them
I’m not trying to mislead anyone
the truth is what I’m interested in.
I’m being completely genuine when I ask: have you really followed the movement at all?
People have tried to petition the government head on.
too bad the media focuses on the crazies and ignores people who aren’t even part of huge truther “movements”
they don’t go as far as saying the government is involved
And if they don’t only address the nuts, then they try to turn any sane person into a nut like the Japanese Member of Parliament.
Well I guess it’s good that you spent so much time addressing a moot issue
I have to wonder why people like you participate in the first place.
Originally posted by litmuspaper
reply to post by vicen
This is because, regardless of the views of the majority of people on this forum, 9/11 was an attack by Al Qaeda.
www.youtube.com...
With 9/11, you're talking about keeping thousands quiet. It's just not possible.
And consider the people that those in the know would have told, eg, husbands/wives/brothers/friends/psychiatrists. The list just expands & expands.
Not necessarily, there are all kinds of theories. The government could have known of the attack for months, or longer, and could have allowed it to happen. That wouldn’t require a huge amount of conspirators.
yet, if intent to knowingly mislead others is not or can not established, then it loses it's social stigma and weight as an accusation. Unintentionally misleading others comes in the form of making mistakes, misjudgments, or miscommunication between what you mean by your words and what a listener infers your words to mean.
As a general rule, I've found that the "truth" is a goal most people claim to be in pursuit of
If you want incitements and accountability, you are going to need evidence which meets a higher grade of standard than most people want to apply to their pet theories. Good intentions and devotion to a cause are admirable, but not applicable to the system in any useful capacity.
There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding here and in general about television and print media... and much of that becomes mistrust and cynicism as accusations based on those misconceptions become more distorted.
I seem to recall several programs which did explore the truther angle or leaned towards insinuation that they're on to something... but typically only as a means to build interest and pad the storyline. Typical conspiracy format... 2/3rds unchallenged conspiracy theory assertions and uncritical analysis of their claims... 1/3rd "skeptical" air brushing of facts and their positions without fully exploring the implications of either... the whole discussion is homogenized and watered down... and then you the viewer are invited to believe whatever the hell you want and draw your own conclusions based on what they presented.
Pffft. Same format for "ID vs. Evolution" where a controversy is scripted for market appeal regardless of weight of evidence.
But just because they're in government doesn't mean their opinion is worth a damn.
Well, I felt like sharing my opinion
contrary opinions
Originally posted by vicen
reply to post by litmuspaper
"The government could have known of the attack for months, or longer, and could have allowed it to happen."
They could have known, but neither yourself nor anyone else has any real evidence that this was the case.
Because MSM won't supply you or spoon feed you:
you probably haven't spent much time looking at photographic evidence from the felling of the twin towers (have you???).
Since there are troops supporting this scheme that started with 9/11, don't you think it is worth the time of day to make sure that it is right that our best and brightest are dying for something that is real???
I still don't believe it because it was a huge embarrasment for the administration