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Originally posted by Pinke
Suppose something I've always wondered about 9/11 and I'm sure it's been asked before ...
It does kind of look like a controlled demolition but why not just put a bomb in there and say terrorists did it rather than use a plane and explosives which might look odd?
GOD, I do believe you are posting on one of those damned fool conspiracy sites.
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
Bonez, may I ask why you continue to use this heavily edited POS video from those damned fool conspriacy web sites? In the ten seconds or so before the start of this video, the penthouse collapsed down inside the structure while the outside structure remained standing for several seconds, before the entire structure fell. This proves the inside structure collapsed before the outside structure, and there isn't a controlled demolitions job on the planet that ever demolished a structure inside out.
I know it's been pointed out to you previously that you're deliberately editing out critical evidence to falsely sway your audience, and yet you continue to do it..
Originally posted by hotbakedtater
Please show the evidence for your claim, instead of just cutting down the OP. Is he hiding some footage? Why not show it then? I am very interested to see the footage of which you speak.
Originally posted by hotbakedtater
reply to post by GoodOlDave
Thanks, GoD.
Anyway, the way I saw it, it does not refute or make controlled demolition a no go.
Originally posted by finemanm
This is the first time I paid attention to the length of the video and the fact that the penthouse collapsed first. If you watch it, you can see the windows under the penthouse breaking as it goes by on the way down, then the building swayed, and then the whole structure fell. That casts doubt in my mind as to the controlled demo theory.
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
In the ten seconds or so before the start of this video, the penthouse collapsed down inside the structure while the outside structure remained standing for several seconds, before the entire structure fell.
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
I know it's been pointed out to you previously that you're deliberately editing out critical evidence to falsely sway your audience, and yet you continue to do it.
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
it necessarily means that for the Penthouse to collapse it means the internal structure failed while the outside remained standing
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
Attempting to present a case for controlled demolitions while playing down the massive internal damage that already existed within the building is deliberately being disingenuous
Originally posted by dereks
And that is the reason that a edited version of the collapse was shown by the op, as they know to show the full version totally destroys their controlled demolition conspiracy theory!
Originally posted by hotbakedtater
reply to post by GoodOlDave
What you posted as proof of your ascertion clearly does not show something being detonated from inside out. It looks like your every day controlled demolition. I saw one right ehre in Louisville. I do not see how your scenerio is happening, it does not look like the center of the building is gone collapsed at all, the building came down in one level, not collapsing onto itself it its guts were gone.
Originally posted by GoodOlDave
You know as well as I do just how goofball that sounds.
The main challenge in bringing a building down is controlling which way it falls. Ideally, a blasting crew will be able to tumble the building over on one side, into a parking lot or other open area. This sort of blast is the easiest to execute, and it is generally the safest way to go. Tipping a building over is something like felling a tree. To topple the building to the north, the blasters detonate explosives on the north side of the building first, in the same way you would chop into a tree from the north side if you wanted it to fall in that direction. Blasters may also secure steel cables to support columns in the building, so that they are pulled a certain way as they crumble...
Sometimes, though, a building is surrounded by structures that must be preserved. In this case, the blasters proceed with a true implosion, demolishing the building so that it collapses straight down into its own footprint (the total area at the base of the building). This feat requires such skill that only a handful of demolition companies in the world will attempt it....
Blasters approach each project a little differently, but the basic idea is to think of the building as a collection of separate towers. The blasters set the explosives so that each "tower" falls toward the center of the building, in roughly the same way that they would set the explosives to topple a single structure to the side. When the explosives are detonated in the right order, the toppling towers crash against each other, and all of the rubble collects at the center of the building. Another option is to detonate the columns at the center of the building before the other columns so that the building's sides fall inward.