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SirakRomar 
Registered: Mar '07
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Date Posted: 7/12/07 11:34am Subject: RE: Conspiracy Theories

Enforcer-SG posted:
Here is a question; can anyone name a case where a conspiracy theory has turned out to be true? More brownie points for the bigger and more impact the event that the conspiracy was about had.


Well, there were some . . . take-over of the Government by the Nazis through Hindenburg, emergency powers declaration of Hitler after "Reichstags-burning", attack of Poland on german borders to start WWII (but then again, that was such an obvious fake that the true conspiracy-theory is THEY DID IT) . . . a lot of the stuff surrounding Hitler, NSDAP and the years 1933-1938. A good time for conspiracy theorists. grin

Recent history . . . "secret prisons of the CIA in Poland and Rumania". Of which all knew but kept silent. I thought that was most ridicuolous. Absolute nonsense. And suddenly, the CIA confirms it. WOW! This is like "24" . . . raised_brow

German scientists brought to the US under false IDs after WWII. A popular theory in the sixties, seventies. And a known historic fact today. (The Good German, Clooney is so cute)

Oh yeah, I mentioned Hitler . . . but I am a german and even a quarter jew, so I am allowed to do it! tongue




 

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Blue_Jedi33 
Registered: Aug '03
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Date Posted: 7/12/07 12:57pm Subject: RE: Conspiracy Theories
SirakRomar
Thank you for those comments. applause

You shouldn't feel you are just "allowed", to bring this up. It should be able to be brought up whenever we want. But some people invented a rule that likes to ignore certain parts of history because they they feel it emotionalizes it to the point of thread killing. Insulting people kills threads, talking about history does not.

 

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Rogue_Follower 
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Registered: Nov '03
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Date Posted: 7/12/07 12:59pm Subject: RE: Conspiracy Theories
Blue_Jedi33 posted:
What I focus on is that were 3 buildings the folded neatly into there own footprint that day. Even the tops of WTC 1 & 2 some how severed themselves from the rest of the building and blew up before they even hit the bottom.


Some observers have wondered why the buildings telescoped down, instead of overturning and rolling to their side like a tree. Unlike trees which are solid, rigid structures, buildings such as the WTC towers are mostly open space (offices, staircases, elevator shafts, etc.). Indeed, a typical building is 90% air, and only 10% solid material. Thus, it is not surprising that a 110- story structure should collapse into 11 stories of rubble (actually less, because the rubble spreads out laterally, and parts are compressed into the foundation).

In addition, the towers did not fail from the bottom up, but from the top down. For a portion of the tower to roll to either side, it must first acquire angular momentum, which can only occur if the structure can pivot long enough about a stable plane (e.g. the stump in a tree). However, the forces concentrated near the pivoting area would have been so large that the columns and beams in the vicinity of that area would simply have crushed and offered no serious support permitting rolling. Also, both building sections above the crash site were not tall enough to significantly activate an inverted pendulum effect. Thus, the upper part could do nothing but simply fall down onto the lower part, crushing it. While photographic evidence shows the upper part of the South Tower to be inclined just as it began to collapse, it may not necessarily have rolled to the side, but instead fallen down onto the lower floors in a tilted position. (A careful review of collapse videos and additional photos should help clarify this contention.) Indirect evidence points to minimal vertical resistance to telescoping or pancaking of either tower: the duration of the collapses was nearly the same as that of an object in free fall, while any serious resistance would have slowed down the collapse. In essence then, the towers did not collapse like trees because the structures, despite their strength, were too fragile to sustain such motions.


-World Trade Center Collapse: Assessing the Events (MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)


Blue_Jedi33 posted:
And yet we are led to beleive that construction grade steel that was retested by UL as good, and melts at 2800 F melted 8" thick steel core beams, jet fuel at it's best can only go to 1520 F. which mean it can't melt steel. Sure it would warm it up, but even if the steel weakened to that point it would bend, and the top would have fallen over. Eight inch steel beams can't telescope into themselves, that goes againt physics.

It bears mentioning that said beams had recently suffered the effects of an airplane impact, possibly reducing their structural intergity by some slight amount. Even so, it is unlikely that the beams telescoped, in the traditional sense. All it would take is for them to be bent at an angle such that they could no longer support the weight above, and down we go.

Blue_Jedi33 posted:
Yet they found molten metal in the basement. The found concrete and steel metorites fused together in some strange way. Dust smothers fires and they had these hot spots weeks later, still.

So the question I still can't answer is how it reached 2800 F in the basement of the WTC to cause molten metal out of eight inch steel beams. Can you?


A couple of things to keep in mind:

1) How do we know that the molten metal that was seen was steel, and specifically structural steel? Any molten metal that was seen could have been aluminum (melting point ~660 degrees C) or any other metal that was a part of the WTC construction. Without testing and hard evidence, claims that there were "pools of molten steel" are not verifiable and are largely anecdotal. (I think. If anyone has information to the contrary, I'd be glad to read.)

2) The sheer kinetic energy of the impact. I can't find the page now, but some engineer or scientist did a calculation of how much energy a falling tower had and it was considerable. This energy doesn't just disappear, and this is likely what caused the fused debris and hot spots.


Also, I know you didn't mention demolition specifically, but I find it interesting I have never seen any professional demolition experts come out in support of the controlled demolition theory. thinking

 

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Mr44 
Registered: May '02
Date Posted: 7/12/07 4:35pm Subject: RE: Conspiracy Theories
So the question I still can't answer is how it reached 2800 F in the basement of the WTC to cause molten metal out of eight inch steel beams. Can you?

A spaceship that had to instantly engage its hyperdrive, using the contolled demolition of the towers as cover to escape the Earth's gravity would certainly develop 2800F.

It's no random event that a tall, furry brown biped was seen driving an unmarked van along with a man dressed in black pants, white shirt, and a black vest.


The cooling system located in the basement of WTC #7 can be seen behind the two of them in this undated photgraph:


 

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Ultima_1 
Registered: May '01
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Date Posted: 7/12/07 6:48pm Subject: RE: Conspiracy Theories
Mr44 posted:
So the question I still can't answer is how it reached 2800 F in the basement of the WTC to cause molten metal out of eight inch steel beams. Can you?

A spaceship that had to instantly engage its hyperdrive, using the contolled demolition of the towers as cover to escape the Earth's gravity would certainly develop 2800F.

It's no random event that a tall, furry brown biped was seen driving an unmarked van along with a man dressed in black pants, white shirt, and a black vest.


The cooling system located in the basement of WTC #7 can be seen behind the two of them in this undated photgraph:





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That was absolutely great.

As far as conspiracy theories go, I actually recently heard one that tied the death of Chris Benoit and his family a couple weeks ago to 9/11. Talk about stretching credulity.

 

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DarthBoba 
Registered: Jun '00
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Date Posted: 7/12/07 6:51pm Subject: RE: Conspiracy Theories
laugh @ Mr. 44


Another question:

All of Sirak's conspiracies had something in common:

Someone benefitted from them in one way or another-Hitler, etc.

Who, then is benefitting from any potential 9/11 conspiracy? Bush & his administration? Hardly. They're politically toothless and utterly discredited. Halliburton? Doubt it; they already made billions before 9/11. Oil companies? They like it quiet in the Middle East. Business isn't good when you have to conduct it in a war zone.


So, who benefits?

 

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Lowbacca_1977 
Title: Senate Moderator
Registered: Jun '06
Date Posted: 7/12/07 9:40pm Subject: RE: Conspiracy Theories
Blue_Jedi33 posted:
And yet we are led to beleive that construction grade steel that was retested by UL as good, and melts at 2800 F melted 8" thick steel core beams, jet fuel at it's best can only go to 1520 F. which mean it can't melt steel. Sure it would warm it up, but even if the steel weakened to that point it would bend, and the top would have fallen over. Eight inch steel beams can't telescope into themselves, that goes againt physics.
Yet they found molten metal in the basement. The found concrete and steel metorites fused together in some strange way. Dust smothers fires and they had these hot spots weeks later, still.

It still weakens substantially when heated. Earlier in this thread we discussed how a bridge in San Francisco collapsed a few weeks ago in a fire. Was that also a conspiracy?

On building collapses....the idea of floors pancaking isn't, on its own, that strange a concept. It happens in earthquakes with fair frequency, although its really only in cases where there was a weakened area of the building, for example apartment buildings like Northridge Meadows lost entire floors in the 1994 northridge earthquake because the first floor of the building also contained parking areas which weren't as structurally sound as the floors above and couldn't hold the weight. Of course, this assumes that there would be some reason why some of the floors in the WTC buildings would be weakened substantially.

 

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DarthBoba 
Registered: Jun '00
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Date Posted: 7/13/07 3:24am Subject: RE: Conspiracy Theories
I'd say an airplane you know, hitting the building would do it, Lowie.

 

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Lowbacca_1977 
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Date Posted: 7/13/07 7:02am Subject: RE: Conspiracy Theories
Yup, that would do the trick nicely, I think.

 

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Fire_Ice_Death 
Registered: Feb '01
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Date Posted: 7/13/07 8:14am Subject: RE: Conspiracy Theories
Blue_Jedi33 posted:
SirakRomar
Thank you for those comments. applause

You shouldn't feel you are just "allowed", to bring this up. It should be able to be brought up whenever we want. But some people invented a rule that likes to ignore certain parts of history because they they feel it emotionalizes it to the point of thread killing. Insulting people kills threads, talking about history does not.


No, it's just a cheap emotive argument when you haven't got a leg to stand on. Much like the conspiracy theory about 9/11.

 

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Lowbacca_1977 
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Date Posted: 7/13/07 11:27pm Subject: RE: Conspiracy Theories
The whole point of Godwin's law isn't to say you can't discuss the Nazis when it fits, its just to stop throwing out the H-word every time you don't like someone

 

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Blue_Jedi33 
Registered: Aug '03
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Date Posted: 7/14/07 7:56pm Subject: RE: Conspiracy Theories

Lowbacca_1977 posted:
The whole point of Godwin's law isn't to say you can't discuss the Nazis when it fits, its just to stop throwing out the H-word every time you don't like someone


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Exactly, This is what I have been trying to say for months, but some won't listen.


More 9/11 links to ponder

http://patriotsquestion911.com/
This one lists so many different people that think something is up, but might not be 100% sure just how deep the rabbit hole goes wink

http://www.ae911truth.org/
This one shows the concerns of the Architects & Engineers.
From the perspective of, well if they collapsed on there own how can we fix it, but if something else brought down the buildings then we are wasting are time.
They are really concerned about WTC7, see next link.

http://www.wtc7.net/
For some reason people forget about WTC7, this one looks at that. There is a new WTC7 built now, it's like the old never even existed, the media never said anything about it except on 9/11 to report it as news.

 

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Kimball_Kinnison 
Registered: Oct '01
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Date Posted: 7/14/07 8:47pm Subject: RE: Conspiracy Theories
Blue_Jedi33 posted:
Lowbacca_1977 posted:
The whole point of Godwin's law isn't to say you can't discuss the Nazis when it fits, its just to stop throwing out the H-word every time you don't like someone


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Exactly, This is what I have been trying to say for months, but some won't listen.
Except that you weren't making valid historical comparisons, therefore Godwin's Law applied.


Blue_Jedi33 posted:
More 9/11 links to ponder

http://patriotsquestion911.com/
This one lists so many different people that think something is up, but might not be 100% sure just how deep the rabbit hole goes wink
People thinking that something is up is not the same thing as something actually being up, and it is a long ways away from proving that something is up.

Blue_Jedi33 posted:
http://www.ae911truth.org/
This one shows the concerns of the Architects & Engineers.
From the perspective of, well if they collapsed on there own how can we fix it, but if something else brought down the buildings then we are wasting are time.
They are really concerned about WTC7, see next link.
Here's the problem with this link: they don't really provide proof. For example, relating to WTC7, they assert that it showed 11 characteristics that only fit a controlled demolition, and yet I have seen and heard other experts with equal (or in some cases superior) credentials assert the exact opposite, that those characteristics do fit an internal fire. Why should I believe your panel of experts over others with equal credentials?

Just because they assert that only a controlled demolition fits doesn't make it so. Again, they need to prove it.

Blue_Jedi33 posted:
http://www.wtc7.net/
For some reason people forget about WTC7, this one looks at that. There is a new WTC7 built now, it's like the old never even existed, the media never said anything about it except on 9/11 to report it as news.
Again, that isn't proof.

Please, repeat this after me:

Questions are not the same thing as proof.
Questions are not the same thing as proof.
Questions are not the same thing as proof.
Questions are not the same thing as proof.
QUESTIONS ARE NOT THE SAME THING AS PROOF.

This is easily the biggest problem with every single one of your links and claims. The fact that some people have raised questions about the official story does not prove that their questions are justified, nor does the existence of their questions prove that their theory is correct.

Kimball Kinnison

 

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Blue_Jedi33 
Registered: Aug '03
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Date Posted: 7/14/07 9:36pm Subject: RE: Conspiracy Theories
KK

If there was absolute proof we would be having trials, people would be going to jail, or getting the death sentence.

This is why we are talking about it. Thats why it's a CT

It's sad but this whole debate is agenda driven, from both sides of experts I think we can admit that.

But come on, you must admit that WTC7 is a just a little strange. There is a gag order on NYFD and NYPD not to talk about it, either.

Did you you know that this building had special reinforcement too. thinking

 

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Kimball_Kinnison 
Registered: Oct '01
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Date Posted: 7/15/07 4:03am Subject: RE: Conspiracy Theories
Kimball_Kinnison posted:
Please, repeat this after me:

Questions are not the same thing as proof.
Questions are not the same thing as proof.
Questions are not the same thing as proof.
Questions are not the same thing as proof.
QUESTIONS ARE NOT THE SAME THING AS PROOF.
BJ33, you are still missing my point, and I think it's almost willful at this point.

You keep asserting that 9/11 could not have happened according to the official story, and therefore must have been a government conspiracy. Mhy problem is that you aren't providing any proof for your logical leap from point A to point B. You are building this huge house of cards witout any sort of foundation except your own questions. In answer to that, I just need to say one more time:
Kimball_Kinnison posted:
Questions are not the same thing as proof.
Questions are not the same thing as proof.
Questions are not the same thing as proof.
Questions are not the same thing as proof.
QUESTIONS ARE NOT THE SAME THING AS PROOF.
I'm not asking you to give me "absolute proof". I'm asking for you to give me any proof whatsoever that meets the minimal standards of verifiability.

But you haven't done that. When you've been asked for even the smallest amount of proof, you have avoided giving anything, and then changed the topic.

Let me give you a hypothetical example of how you could provide proof.

"Below is a picture of steel recovered from the WTC after its collapse. Next to it, you can see a picture of steel recovered from building Y, which was destroyed in a controlled demolition on date Z. The last picture comes from building X, which was destroyed by fire on date W. All three of these samples were made of the same type of steel (link to specification of the steel's properties). If you look at the third sample..."

Notice something there. It presents a question and then it provides proof to justify the question, but it also walks to reader through the proof stepping one little step at a time.

Have you ever done even a simple mathematical proof? You have to announce your assumptions (postulates) at the beginning, and then you make a series of logical claims, providing the basis for each one at each step. When you make a conclusion based on an earlier proof, you cite that proof as the reason. You finish by providing you conclusion based on those logical steps.

Once you create your proof, you have to put it up for peer scrutiny. The problem with your claims is that you are announcing your assumptions, and you are announcing your results, but you are only giving "And then, a miracle occurs" as your logical reasoning. That doesn't work. You need to provide each logical step along with a justification for that step in order to support your argument.

Remember, a theory is not valid until after you can provide a proof for it, ans support that proof with the evidence. You haven't done that. Therefore, your theory is not valid.

Kimball Kinnison

 

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