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Old 09-03-2011, 04:07 PM   #620
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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck View Post
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/ca...483/story.html

This article doesn't discuss "facts" whatsoever. But the end of it was rather interesting..maybe you didn't read that far.

"Canadian psychology prof says there is basis for 9/11 conspiracy theories

People who suspect a conspiracy was at work in the 9/11 terror attacks, or in the way the U.S. government responded to it, are not crazy, says one Canadian psychology professor working in Norway.

Floyd Rudmin, with the University of Tromso, says those labelled "conspiracy theorists" with regard to 9/11, the John F. Kennedy assassination or any number of other dramatic events have good reason to doubt the explanations given to the public by authorities.

"Some people say there are no conspiracies and that all conspiracy theories are nonsense," he says. "That simply is not true. Humans do conspire."

Rudmin says some of the elements that create conditions for conspiracy theories to emerge include improbable events occurring that have political implications, coinciding with indications that officials are not being completely forthcoming about what they know.

He says 9/11 contains all these ingredients.

"It never happened in history that a steel-framed building fell down without demolition," Rudmin says. "And we've had buildings in war zones."

Things about the subsequent 9/11 investigation and information released — such the lack of investigation into the collapse of Building 7, the smallest of the World Trade towers that fell, and not releasing video of the plane that crashed into the Pentagon — helped fuel the suspicions surrounding these unusual happenings, Rudmin says.

Rudmin notes that many of the organizations of people who question what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, are experts in architecture, aviation and military. "These are not wackos. These are professional people."
Why exactly is this interesting?

I think most people, even those calling you a whack job will admit there have been "conspiracies" throughout history. I don't think anyone would deny that.

9/11 conspiracy theorists get that "crazy" label because they refuse to answer glaringly obvious issues in their believes. That despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary, refuse to accept the most plausible account of what happened on 9/11. They hold on to unknowns (ie. video footage of the pentagon) as if that clearly shows the government MUST have had a hand in it. In essence, the absence of "evidence" they believe must/should be there proves the conspiracy. They take something minor (ie. the existence of thermite) and make it the smoking gun.
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