9/11 Truth

Sep 11, 2006 13:01

Today is a day of mourning, reflection, and remembering. Other sites with capable wordsmiths will do a much better job of this than I could hope to do, so instead I'd like to do my part to dispel myths. Much has been made of the silly conspiracy theories floating around the internet; I was deeply saddened that almost a third of Americans believe ( Read more... )

lunacy, conspiracy

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capt_oblivion September 13 2006, 19:19:47 UTC
I watched the whole penn and teller video. It didn't explain why the government is keeping piles and piles of information on the JFK assasination is kept top secret for reasons of "national security" if only one person was involved.

It's easy to make fun of people who believe every conspiracy theory (they sound just as stupid as people who dismiss every conspiracy), but I think they should try to take a look at some serious skeptics. Like when I directed you to Bertrand Russell, a man you cannot dismiss as stupid or a nut. Why don't any anti-conspiracy theorists ever bring him up?

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tinfoil hats hebrewhammer777 September 13 2006, 21:17:20 UTC
The Penn & Teller video *did* debunk all your other spurious claims. The one claim (well, *question* really) they didn't touch was the same one that you quoted Bertrand Russel as having asked: "If, as we are told, Oswald was the lone assassin, where is the issue of national security?"

I don't know the answer to the question, and frankly I don't care. There's still no evidence that any of the crazy conspiracy theories are true, yet you believe them anyway.

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