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Why do 9/11 deniers see an alternative story in pictures of the attacks? Because we all interpret images according to our biases.
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  • paulpsd7

    I am munching brie smeared cracker in your name, fool. Now listen to my online brilliance like so many others here. I chortle at thee, peon.

    And it was the space aliens brought down, WTC7, with the help of the Mossad and the bottled water conspiracy. In order to sell more bottled water (Have you bought a water bottle at Ground Zero recently? They cost a fortune. Clearly it was all a plot to make Evian rich. And the Jews.)

    (cue dark echoing laughter)

  • Here is one from Craig Paul Roberts that is relevant

    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14531.htm

    He ain't buying it either.

  • @ God of Biscuits, too many others

    I promised myself I wouldn't get into this, but...

    NO ONE SAYS THE STEEL MELTED! It was weakened by the heat of the fire, causing structural weakness and eventually collapse. Read the NIST report, and try to explain how they're obviously all in on it too. Have fun.

  • 9/11 deniers?

    What? Now people who don't buy into every single minuscule detail of the government's "explanation" are now "9/11 deniers"!? Gee, I guess I'm a 9/11 denier for believing that the government looked the other way when they were warned. 9/11 deniers, what a load of crap. Not to mention insulting to the thousands here in NYC that lived through this attack and still don't buy into the official explanation. Including myself. I'm done reading anything by this author, never again.

  • Another 9/11 debunking attempt in sheeps clothing

    Look I am middle of the road when it comes to the 911 truth community. It comprises some elements that obviously reach for divisive answers but at the same time, I think its dismissive at best to make broad sweeping remarks that trivialize the legitimate science and engineering research that has very effectively discredited the official story. To make the insinuation that all the proof cited by disbelievers has comes from pictures like the one showcased in your article (hardly a widely supported theory in the 9/11 truth movement btw) is blatantly inaccurate.

    I understand your position on this, I mean regardless of what you do or do not believe, it is hard to give something so controversial the slightest bit of credibility when you work for a major publication and can have your job stripped away from you for pushing extremities. Still, whenever anyone tries to pursue "objective" reporting on this topic, it’s almost always formatted in a way that distances the writer from the possibility of being lumped in with the "crazies" out there and thus the writing is subconsciously if not intentionally subversive and critical. What you have essentially done is set up a straw man argument here to prove something that certainly has relevance but does not account for every facet of these counter theories.

    If you want to bring legitimate arguments about images into question, let’s take a more hi-resolution approach to this. When CNN was filming correspondent Aaron Brown, how can you account for his reporting that building 7 had just fallen, yet behind Mr. Brown the building was still standing and continued to stand for some 10 minutes after? Maybe just a premature speculation, maybe something more ominous but a British correspondent made the same mistake.

    How about the molten steel that survived a month after the attack, which all the physics and math in the world couldn’t account for by the official theory. There are videos right now on the web, both very clear in quality of video and audio. The video shows firefighters drawing attention to the numerous pockets of molten steel around ground zero, and as luck would have it, mention how long it’s been since the attack.

    There are literally volumes of questions raised about that day that cannot simply be reduced to biased sensory perception. That said, I personally wouldn’t want to be swayed by my own fears, assumptions, or any irrational feeling that may make me draw conclusions prematurely. I have to look over information and stay objective no matter what. I want real oversight, and if new information released by this administration offers a solid explanation, which there hasn’t been to date, I will gladly concede at that time.

    Unfortunately I think that this write up, was more of a means to an ends for your book, and in the process you marginalized something far more sophisticated than you give credit to.

  • 9/11 denier?? Really Now??........

    Hey Farhad...Interesting choice of words you use- "9/11 Denier" It's almost like you're equating them with Holocaust Deniers-It has the same ring to it.....

    "The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the

    manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words,

    you can control the people who must use the words."

    (Philip K.Dick)

    Dear sir-You really should do a bit more homework before you endeavor on such an essay as this. Many of the people who question what happened on that day are people who, for the first time in their lives, woke up and asked questions about the world they live in.

    Whether people know it, or want to know it, something happened that day-something that does not fit with the "official report" that loyalist such as yourself hold so dearly to your hearts.

    All one has to do is look at what has happened to this country, and the world, after 9/11. One can also look at the various events before that day, to really have some understanding. I'm not even going to put up links-just open your mind, embrace the fact that everything is not necessarily as it seems, and actually do some real, unbiased research.

    It's funny and ironic that this "theory" of yours just so happens to pertain to you, no? Asking questions, embracing truths-that is the American way-no matter what the present consensus in this country has been twisted to think and say.

    That is the very difference between an active citizen, and the mere american consumer. Which one are you Farhad??

    Sincerely,

    An Active, and concerned Citizen

  • @ 9/11 denier?? Really Now??........

    You are correct, the holocaust is the model they are using. 6 million Jews died at the hands of Hitler (never mind the Gypsies, the gays and the disabled). Anyone can say that, and the heads will nod.

    6 million Jews died in the holocaust. No one would dispute this, because no one dares. Try saying, 5,500,000 Jews died. Then run fast.

    911 Truth as outlined in the Holy 911 Commission Report cannot be disputed in any way. It's the truth! Even if the more extreme elements of the Truther community are completely wrong, it is ludicrous to posit, as many do the the hurried, late, underfunded "investigation" got all their facts right in every particular. But this is what are supposed to do. It's biblical truth to some people. I find this very odd.