By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - General Discussion - The 9/11 terrorist attack... What really happened?

Yakuzaice said:
Metallicube said:

What ridiculous theory have I mentioned? I'm only stating that the official story is simply not true. THAT is the ridiculous theory. It only happens to be the accepted one because it is an "official" story. I guess if the government said the tooth fairy was real, people would believe that too.. It's sad how the government is just an unquestionable authority to some.


You seemed to be insinuating that the reason the WTC 7 collapsed was because of insider trading documents contained inside.  Now was that just a nice bonus or is that why the entire attack was planned?  Did their shredder break and they decided they better create a conspiracy consisting of thousands of people across the globe (I guess that means Al-Qaeda was either working with them or created by them as well) in order to destroy those documents.  After all, the best way to destroy incriminating evidence is to create a shitload more.  I guess next they'll nuke NYC in order to destroy the evidence from 9/11.

That comes back to the attack itself.  Why all the theories about missiles, holograms, thermite, controlled demolitions, etc....?  I mean any theory you have is going to require the terrorists to either be cooperating with the government or they were just fabrications created by the governemnt.  So why bother with another layer of conspiracy on top of that?  Did the FBI decide to fly planes into the WTC, but the CIA was like "that plan sucks, let's rig it for demolition too.  After all, making things more complicated is a sure route to success!"?  Then the EPA says "Hey, let's also hijack another plane, but instead of using that we'll shoot a missile at the Pentagon"...................and I could go on trying to translate the conspiracy theories into real life scenarios.

Do you really not see how this gets ridiculous?  Instead of just sticking with a simple theory that it was perpetrated by a few dozen people, all of a sudden you've got thousands of people in on the plan because it is ridiculous and bloated.  I mean if the government could do all that, couldn't they just plant some WMDs in Iraq?

Then we get into the false statements you've made.

The WTC buildings did not collapse at free fall speed.  1 & 2 are especially easy to tell, the debris falls faster than the building itself.  Cut and dry.

You claimed the black box from flight 93 was vaporized.  It wasn't.  It was recovered and I linked you to a transcript of the contents.

You claimed all of the wreckage from flight 93 was ash or microscopic.  You can find plenty of pictures with wreckage that is easily identifiable as airplane parts.  I mean shit, some of the conspiracy theories center around wreckage being too far (in their opinion) from the crash site.

Similar thing with the Pentagon, you seem to be focused on a hole in ring C, and assume it was what?  A missile?  I don't know, but you again ignored all the plane parts that littered the impact area.

You claimed the WTC buildings were designed to take multiple hits from 767's, then 707's.  They weren't.  You took the comments from someone who had no part in the design of the WTC and created a whole conspiracy around it.  Then you ignore the quote from the lead structural engineer on the WTC who states it was designed for a scenario where a plane was lost in the fog, attempting to land (low on fuel), and flying at a low rate of speed.  (in other words, exactly like the planes that crashed into the ESB and 40 Wall St.)

You claimed a 707 was bigger than a 767.  It isn't, the closest you can get is the biggest 707 is about the same size as the smallest 767.  I'm guessing you just saw a 707 had 4 engines and thought it must be about the size of a 747.

 

You seem to be under the impression that anyone who disagrees with you is just a sheep who follows what the government or the media says.  How many of the claims you have made in this thread were your own conclusions and how many were you seeing some youtube video and thinking 'yeah, that seems plausible'?  I also have to ask if you have any background in engineering or physics?

ahhhh.... logic and reasoning... it hurts!!!!

none of that is needing here... you are a sheep

(though i have to adamittly disagree with you about creationism, but that beside the point)



Around the Network
Lyrikalstylez said:
Im just disgusted Bush was at the 9/11 memorial, How can he live with the guilt of knowing the REAL TRUTH??
sh*t goes around , sh*t comes around


So say some.  I bet if he didnt go the EXACT same thing would be said, but by someone else.



Metallicube said:
Yakuzaice said:

I really don't understand how you can just keep beating that drum when so many of your claims are simply not true.  I really don't get why people like you need to come up with these ridiculous theories when you could just say the CIA contracted the hijackers or something.  At least that would be tougher to disprove.  Not to keep hammering this creationist thing, but it is the same with them.  Why not just say God set forth evolution.  Why make everything so complicated?


What ridiculous theory have I mentioned? I'm only stating that the official story is simply not true. THAT is the ridiculous theory. It only happens to be the accepted one because it is an "official" story. I guess if the government said the tooth fairy was real, people would believe that too.. It's sad how the government is just an unquestionable authority to some.


The government is not unquestionable. The official explanation makes sense. Your engineering arguments are simply invalid. To go through a summary of your points.

1) The buildings fell at freefall.

Reply: No they did not. They fell at near freefall but if you watch the videos you will see debris falls faster than the building is collapsing. The building offers some resistance to the momentum of the falling segment.

 

2) The temperature of the fires is below that at which steel melts.

Reply: Very true. However it is well into the range at which structural steel weakens significantly.

 

3) The buildings take more force from winter storms than from the plane.

Reply: Probably also true. However they take the force from winter storms over a very large area and the air (as a fluid) can take the path of least resistance by moving around the building. A plane is clearly a very different scenario which is why it is able to do significant structural damage. (Honestly this is the weirdest argument I've seen - the scenarios are so clearly different).



Runa216 said:
Occam's razor.

That is all.

Unfortunately, I still think The Razor is misused. 

William of Ockham used the principle (borrowed from Aistotle, who wrote "Nature operates in the shortest way possible.") to justify many conclusions, including the statement that "God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone."  (And no, I do not mean this as anything on your previous thread.  This is the only conclusion I remember in full, that I could verify before posting)

As far as these Theories (the governments "theory" or these conspiricy "theories") I believe you mean Ockham's Razor in the context of "The principle gives precedence to simplicity; of two competing theories, the simplest explanation of an entity is to be preferred."  In that case, nothing is simplier than the people who took credit for flying the planes into the buildings, caused them to collapse.  For these two buildings alone.

As for the Pentagon and WTC7, the lines become very fuzzy.  No plane hit WTC7, and there is no consensus of a Plane hitting the Pentagon.  So, how can the principle be used here?  In the Pentagon's case, I do not believe either explanation is "simplier" than the other.  Now WTC7 is an interesting contradiction to the rest.  The simplier explanation for WTC7 is that it was demolished. 

Remember, the above says "the entity is to be preferred"  William freely admitted that even if it was preferred, it could just as easily be incorrect.

A related rule, which can be used to slice open conspiracy theories, is Hanlon's Razor: ``Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity''. 



Conspiracy theories belongs in hollywood movies.



Around the Network

sounds pretty crazy to think, even for a second, that the US government failed to do the proper research and lied to us, or furthermore planned all this, resulting in this loss of innocent lives and military attacks

I don't want to believe that the US gov. was involved in setting up all this, and maybe the towers really collapsed because of the fire and debris, maybe the pentagon was really crashed by flight 77, but there's something that makes me doubt the US innocence

HOW the heavens did a 47 building collapsed!? just like that!? we are talking about 47 floor building, their job was to do everything in order to figure out how everything happen and they come and say ''WTC 7 collapsed because of unknown reasons'' just like that??

based on the fact that ''WTC 7 collapsed due to unknown reasons'' and also based on chemistry and physics, I don't know if US is really innocent

I just knew it was all about Osama and Alcaida before watching this video, but now.... I just don't know.....




don't mind my username, that was more than 10 years ago, I'm a different person now, amazing how people change ^_^

RolStoppable said:
Naturally I felt more inclined to believe in theories that the US government is evil (because they are), but if those theories are based on selective quoting and pictures, then that's a huge red flag.

What I love about the people who put forth these 9/11 conspiracy theories citing the fact that they believe that the US government is pure evil and corrupt enough to carryout such an attack... is that many of these same people believe that government in general is the answer to society's problems and should be in charge of nearly ever aspect of our lives, including...

-our health care

-our education

-providing all of our housing / food needs and other "safety net" programs

-our economy, job security and retirement funds

-controlling speech and what is deemed "acceptable" behavior

In fact, the vast majority of people who believe in 9/11 conspiracies are people from outside the US, mainly Europe, the Middle East, and Asia... you know, areas where the average government is either already heavily involved in most social aspects of their lives (i.e. a left-wing / socialist gov't), or is pretty much in complete control of everything (i.e. absolute monarchies, dictatorships).

Yup... we're supposed to rely on those very same eeeevil governments to provide all of our needs for us and tell us how to live our lives because we can't do so ourselves... but we'll be damned if we believe their "official stories" when it comes to matters of international threats and conflicts...  we're not falling for that bullshit!.

Now, can I please have my welfare/uneployment check, Uncle Sam, so I can blow it on booze, a big screen TV, and a DVD box set of Jersey Shore?



On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.

For me, apart from the many conspiracy theories (which I approve of MANY, because they make more sense the the crap the media tells us) there is ONE reason why I believe that it was staged, or known, or wtv you want

And it's this :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg5NvKpJfKE


The US protocol (Actually, the protocol of pretty much every democratic country in the WORLD) in case of a terrorist attack is to immediatly hide the president and assure it's protection until it is confirmed that the attacks are over.

Why did bush stay calm, heck why did his security agents leave him there?

How in the world did they know that bush was not the target of the attacks?

Normally, they cannot know, and this is why the protocols exist, and the president MUST be moved to the nearest bunker.

Only this time, they were 100% positive that bush was not the target.

Strange.



Yakuzaice said:
Metallicube said:

What ridiculous theory have I mentioned? I'm only stating that the official story is simply not true. THAT is the ridiculous theory. It only happens to be the accepted one because it is an "official" story. I guess if the government said the tooth fairy was real, people would believe that too.. It's sad how the government is just an unquestionable authority to some.

*sigh* alright.. I wanted to end this, but you seem passionate to defend the official conspiracy theory, as am I with my view. So game on...


You seemed to be insinuating that the reason the WTC 7 collapsed was because of insider trading documents contained inside.  Now was that just a nice bonus or is that why the entire attack was planned?  Did their shredder break and they decided they better create a conspiracy consisting of thousands of people across the globe (I guess that means Al-Qaeda was either working with them or created by them as well) in order to destroy those documents.  After all, the best way to destroy incriminating evidence is to create a shitload more.  I guess next they'll nuke NYC in order to destroy the evidence from 9/11.

I'm merely saying it's fishy. This building was shrouded in secrecy. It's the center of the WTC complex wih emergency bunkers, and housed numerous insider investigations of insider trading and scandals, the biggest of which was of the Enron scandal. Here's a nice little bonus though: Larry Silverstein, new leaseholder of WTC 7, just signed a new insurance policy on.. guess which buildings? WTC7 and WTC 1 and 2, the only three towers that collapsed.. He eventually won $7 billion, while only investing $15 million from his insurance policy. Not a bad return.

I still find it quite incredible that you don't find the collapse of this building at least a little bit sucpicious, considering it fell at freefall acceleration with NO plane hitting it. Don't give me that nonsense about the "3 main trusses" either. The building had DOZENS of columns throughout. For the building to collapse the way it did, ALL of these columns would have had to give way SIMULTANEOUSLY. It also collapsed in a neat little pile, symetrically, which is almost unthinkable for an organic collapse.  I think you should really check out the video "blueprint for 9/11 truth." The guy has some nice credentials too, being an architect. There is much speculation that WTC7 was the hub for the 9/11 plan and that they simply were destroying the evidence of their crime.

Here's another bonus while I'm at it. One of the few people still in WTC7 after the towers were hit reported explosions throughout the building, the floors caving in, and claimed to be stepping over bodies. Remember, this is WTC7, not the main towers. Guess what? He died mysteriously, just days before the official NIST report of the collapse of WTC7 was released. Does that not souund a bit odd to you?

That comes back to the attack itself.  Why all the theories about missiles, holograms, thermite, controlled demolitions, etc....?  I mean any theory you have is going to require the terrorists to either be cooperating with the government or they were just fabrications created by the governemnt.  So why bother with another layer of conspiracy on top of that?  Did the FBI decide to fly planes into the WTC, but the CIA was like "that plan sucks, let's rig it for demolition too.  After all, making things more complicated is a sure route to success!"?  Then the EPA says "Hey, let's also hijack another plane, but instead of using that we'll shoot a missile at the Pentagon"...................and I could go on trying to translate the conspiracy theories into real life scenarios.

because thermite evidence was discovered? This is pssed theory now.. it is FACT. Google Professor Steven Jones. The blueprint of thermite, as well as thermate residue was found after analysis of the WTC dust. Nothing else could have made this blueprint. Again, this is FACT. Also, all you have to do is view the footage with an unbiased eye. Notice the giant pyroclastic, califlower-like cloud plumes that are a good 40 stories thick. Notice the cloud of smoke racing down at the speed of gravity. Notice the various explosive squibs running down the side of the building ahead of the demolotion wave. How does smoke and dust burst through windows 5-10 stories ahead of the main cloud? How would it travel that many floors down. Also, what's your take on Willam Rodrigez's testimony of being lifted into the air from a basement explosion, BEFORE the plane striking the first tower? Or of the several people claiming to hear explosions, some of which were actually injured by them? I have yet to hear you try to explain this. You only pick a select few of my points and proceed to provide your vague speculation.

Do you really not see how this gets ridiculous?  Instead of just sticking with a simple theory that it was perpetrated by a few dozen people, all of a sudden you've got thousands of people in on the plan because it is ridiculous and bloated.  I mean if the government could do all that, couldn't they just plant some WMDs in Iraq?

Why is it so implausible that thousands of people were involved? Every heard of the Manhattan Project? All it takes is a select few people at the very top of the pyramid giving orders, while the rest involved follow the orders, some possibly without even knowing exactly the ramifications of what they are doing. It's a matter of keeping it secret, even to those lower on the totem pole who assisted in the plan. Again, let me stress that I DO NOT claim to know what happened. I only know that the official story is NOT what happen, and from there I develop theories based on the several bits of evidence we have.

Then we get into the false statements you've made.

The WTC buildings did not collapse at free fall speed.  1 & 2 are especially easy to tell, the debris falls faster than the building itself.  Cut and dry.

Ok, but once the dust cloud reaches the ground, is the top of the building not gone from view very shortly after? You can really only add a few extra seconds at best, judging from the visual evidence from the videos. But even the building collapsing at NEAR freefall speed is completely implausible. An equation was  implemented for a pure progressive pancake collapse (the dominant official theory as to how the towers fell). Guess how long it would have taken according to that equation? 1 minute 30 seconds. Each floor has to give way for the next. This takes time, especially when you are talking about massive steel trusses that are both welded AND bolted to the sides. And you keep doging this fact, what about the massive steel cores at the middle of the towers? Also, what happens to the top part of the building and the large antenna? They complete disintegrate. In addition, the south tower collapse also clearly shows the top portion of the building tipping over once collapse innitiates, and momentum should have kept carrying it so it would have tipped over. Yet, this huge top portion of the building somehow shifts course and falls right through the middle, the path of greatest resistance.

You claimed the black box from flight 93 was vaporized.  It wasn't.  It was recovered and I linked you to a transcript of the contents.

Yet the people who got to listen were told not to discuss it, and the last few minutes were unaccounted for. Also, what of the other three black boxes? Do you not also find it a little odd that a bandana and passport were found at the sites, especially when there is no evidence of a plane crashing at either the pentagon OR in Shanksville?

You claimed all of the wreckage from flight 93 was ash or microscopic.  You can find plenty of pictures with wreckage that is easily identifiable as airplane parts.  I mean shit, some of the conspiracy theories center around wreckage being too far (in their opinion) from the crash site.

The largest debris was reported to be no bigger than a briefcase. This is absolutely unprecedented. EVERY plane crash consists of large pieces of the plane, as well as identifiable bodies. But there were neither in Shanksville. I personally believe that the plane was shot down by NORAD, which is why everything was reduced to ash, and there was a separate debris field miles away from the primary crash site. This would at least make a little more sense, since I find it impossible to believe that NORAD could fail in FOUR occasions on a single day.

Similar thing with the Pentagon, you seem to be focused on a hole in ring C, and assume it was what?  A missile?  I don't know, but you again ignored all the plane parts that littered the impact area.

I'm not talking about the C ring, I'm talking about the initial hole on the outside caused by the plane, before the wall collapsed. Look up photos of this damage. You can only see a relatively small circular hole, with NO imprints from the wings or the engines. I'd LOVE to hear your explaination on that one.. And also note, there was NO damage on the lawn. A plane did NOT hit the pentagon, especially not a massive 747.

You claimed the WTC buildings were designed to take multiple hits from 767's, then 707's.  They weren't.  You took the comments from someone who had no part in the design of the WTC and created a whole conspiracy around it.  Then you ignore the quote from the lead structural engineer on the WTC who states it was designed for a scenario where a plane was lost in the fog, attempting to land (low on fuel), and flying at a low rate of speed.  (in other words, exactly like the planes that crashed into the ESB and 40 Wall St.)

You claimed a 707 was bigger than a 767.  It isn't, the closest you can get is the biggest 707 is about the same size as the smallest 767.  I'm guessing you just saw a 707 had 4 engines and thought it must be about the size of a 747.

I made a mistake, I meant 707.. Guess that disproves everything else I said, right? :P I'm confused.. If the buildings were designed for a scenario where a plane was lost in the fog, doesn't that support my case? Also, Less Roberson was a chief engineer who built the tower, so I'm not sure why you are trying to discredit him. In addition, Frank A. DeMartini, project manager of the WTC construction, made the same claim of the building's ability to withstand a 707, and even went on to say he felt the building could withstand MULTIPLE jetliner impacts. At any rate, even if these steel buildings were NOT designed for such an impact, they should not have completely imploded in on themselves at near freefall acelleration.

The steel from below the impact zone would have been more than sufficient to hold it up intact. Steel is a relatively light building material with tremendous load bearing capacity. Have you seen footage of the massive fire on the steel building in Madrid, the Windsor? This is a HUGE inferno that spreads throughout most of the building, raging for several hours, completely dwarfing any damage the WTC recieved, yet this tower withstood it and remained standing. Yet two 110 story buildings imploded in roughly 10 seconds? That's over 10 floors a second! Steel does not behave that way.

Here's a way to put into the perspective the magnitude it all. Imagine your house, which we'll say is two stories. Then stack 4 more of those on top. Then reinforce your house in steel. You blink your eye, and all 5 of those houses have suddenly collapsed to the ground! See how ridiculous the notion is? It's ridiculous even with wood, let alone steel!

If anything, organic fire damage would have led to an asymetrical collapse, and it is higly unlikely the entire building would have fell..

You seem to be under the impression that anyone who disagrees with you is just a sheep who follows what the government or the media says.  How many of the claims you have made in this thread were your own conclusions and how many were you seeing some youtube video and thinking 'yeah, that seems plausible'?  I also have to ask if you have any background in engineering or physics?

I'm merely using common sense, and have questions about an official story that is about as plausible as the easter bunny. I don't consider everyone who disagrees "sheep." Many are have too great an image of the government to allow something to change their perspective, and many are just stubborn and want to be proven right regardless. With the power and influence the government and mainstream media has, I can't really say I blame these people. It's tough to fight against that kind of power and influence.



Nintari said:
Dr.Grass said:
We had a thread like this not too long ago.

IMO the attacks were orchestrated by the US government. I don't say that because I like conspiracy theories, but because I'm not an American and have a bias


Fixed

Lets fix it up again eh:

IMO the attacks were orchestrated by the US government. I don't say that because I like conspiracy theories, but because I'm not an American and don't have a bias.