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==About==
 
==About==
This page is for collecting and answering objections to the ideas that:
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This page is for [[structured debate]] on the issue of [[9/11 anomalies]].
* there are substantial [[../|anomalies]] surrounding the events of [[9/11]], and
 
* that these anomalies have not been (and need to be) properly investigated.
 
  
The majority of objections take the form of [[straw man]] attacks on imagined positions not generally endorsed by those who question the official story; the imagined positions most popularly targeted for criticism are documented [[../denial|here]].
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The majority of objections in the [[mainstream media]] take the form of [[straw man]] attacks on imagined positions not generally endorsed by those who question the official story; the imagined positions most popularly targeted for criticism are documented [[../denial|here]].
==List of Objections==
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==Debate==
''This is a preliminary list, assembled in haste mainly so as to have something to link to; probably many more objections -- and responses to them -- can be culled from the 9/11 pages on this site and from the sites to which they link. --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 18:27, 28 February 2010 (UTC)''
 
  
* '''In a major disaster, it's perfectly normal for evidence to be destroyed or ignored; non-explanations and ignoring of significant evidence are standard operating procedure.''' ([http://lesswrong.com/lw/1to/what_is_bayesianism/1ost])
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{{arg/main|There are substantial [[../|anomalies]] surrounding the events of [[9/11]] which have not been (and need to be) properly investigated.}}
** Um, yeah... and that makes it okay? How is this not an argument in ''favor'' of a proper investigation?
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:{{arg/pro|There are substantial [[../|anomalies]] surrounding the events of [[9/11]].}}
** If someone conceals or removes evidence from a crime scene, that is itself a crime. Shouldn't that be investigated?
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:{{arg/con|'''In a major disaster, it's perfectly normal for evidence to be destroyed or ignored; non-explanations and ignoring of significant evidence are standard operating procedure.''' ([http://lesswrong.com/lw/1to/what_is_bayesianism/1ost])}}
* '''If there were a conspiracy, government inaction given foreknowledge of the attacks seems orders of magnitude more likely than any sort of controlled demolition, even for WTC7.''' ([http://lesswrong.com/lw/1to/what_is_bayesianism/1osm])
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::{{arg/pro|Um, yeah... and that makes it okay? How is this not an argument in ''favor'' of a proper investigation?}}
** What is the reasoning by which you determined this unlikeliness?
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::{{arg/pro|If someone conceals or removes evidence from a crime scene, that is itself a crime. Shouldn't that be investigated?}}
** How does "seeming (un)likely" validate or invalidate a line of argument? How "likely" does it "seem" that:
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:{{arg/con|'''If there were a conspiracy, government inaction given foreknowledge of the attacks seems orders of magnitude more likely than any sort of controlled demolition, even for WTC7.''' ([http://lesswrong.com/lw/1to/what_is_bayesianism/1osm])}}
*** ...groups of foreign hijackers would succeed in taking control of 4 different planes using only box-cutters and piloting 3 of them into targets in two of the most heavily-guarded airspaces in the world, without even an attempt at interception?
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::{{arg/pro|This is a [[naked assertion]].}}
*** ...no heads would roll as a consequence of this security failure?
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::{{arg/pro|There are a number of extremely unlikely elements in the official story as well, including:}}
*** ...the plane flown into the Pentagon would execute a difficult hairpin turn in order to fly into the most heavily-protected side of the building?
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:::{{arg/pro|Groups of foreign hijackers took control of 4 different planes using only box-cutters and piloted 3 of them into targets in two of the most heavily-guarded airspaces in the world, without even an attempt at interception.}}
*** ...no less than three steel-framed buildings would completely collapse from fire and mechanical damage, for the first time in history, all on the same day?
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:::{{arg/pro|No heads rolled as a consequence of this gross security failure.}}
*** ...they would not just fall to the ground towards the side most heavily damaged but instead seemingly explode straight downward and outward into microscopic dust particles, leaving almost nothing (aside from the steel girders) larger than a finger, long after the impacts and when the fires were clearly dying down?
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:::{{arg/pro|One plane executed an extremely difficult hairpin turn in order to fly into the ''most'' heavily-protected side of the Pentagon?}}
*** ...anyone would try to claim that this was totally what you would expect to happen, even though the buildings were designed to handle such an impact?
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:::{{arg/pro|No less than three steel-framed buildings completely collapsed from fire and limited mechanical damage, for the first time in history, all on the same day.}}
*** ...this would result in pools of molten steel, when jet fuel doesn't burn hot enough to melt steel?
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:::{{arg/pro|Those three buildings did not just fall to the ground towards the side most heavily damaged but instead seemed to explode straight downward and outward into microscopic dust particles, leaving almost nothing (aside from the steel girders) larger than a finger, long after the impacts and when the fires were clearly dying down.}}
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:::{{arg/pro|Authorities claimed that this was totally what you would expect to happen, even though the buildings were designed to handle such an impact.}}
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:::{{arg/pro|The airplane impacts resulted in pools of molten steel in the wreckage (and seen pouring out of WTC2 before collapse), when jet fuel doesn't burn hot enough to melt steel.}}

Revision as of 21:13, 19 March 2013

About

This page is for structured debate on the issue of 9/11 anomalies.

The majority of objections in the mainstream media take the form of straw man attacks on imagined positions not generally endorsed by those who question the official story; the imagined positions most popularly targeted for criticism are documented here.

Debate

right-arrow debaticon There are substantial anomalies surrounding the events of 9/11 which have not been (and need to be) properly investigated.

up-arrow debaticon There are substantial anomalies surrounding the events of 9/11.
down-arrow debaticon In a major disaster, it's perfectly normal for evidence to be destroyed or ignored; non-explanations and ignoring of significant evidence are standard operating procedure. ([1])
up-arrow debaticon Um, yeah... and that makes it okay? How is this not an argument in favor of a proper investigation?
up-arrow debaticon If someone conceals or removes evidence from a crime scene, that is itself a crime. Shouldn't that be investigated?
down-arrow debaticon If there were a conspiracy, government inaction given foreknowledge of the attacks seems orders of magnitude more likely than any sort of controlled demolition, even for WTC7. ([2])
up-arrow debaticon This is a naked assertion.
up-arrow debaticon There are a number of extremely unlikely elements in the official story as well, including:
up-arrow debaticon Groups of foreign hijackers took control of 4 different planes using only box-cutters and piloted 3 of them into targets in two of the most heavily-guarded airspaces in the world, without even an attempt at interception.
up-arrow debaticon No heads rolled as a consequence of this gross security failure.
up-arrow debaticon One plane executed an extremely difficult hairpin turn in order to fly into the most heavily-protected side of the Pentagon?
up-arrow debaticon No less than three steel-framed buildings completely collapsed from fire and limited mechanical damage, for the first time in history, all on the same day.
up-arrow debaticon Those three buildings did not just fall to the ground towards the side most heavily damaged but instead seemed to explode straight downward and outward into microscopic dust particles, leaving almost nothing (aside from the steel girders) larger than a finger, long after the impacts and when the fires were clearly dying down.
up-arrow debaticon Authorities claimed that this was totally what you would expect to happen, even though the buildings were designed to handle such an impact.
up-arrow debaticon The airplane impacts resulted in pools of molten steel in the wreckage (and seen pouring out of WTC2 before collapse), when jet fuel doesn't burn hot enough to melt steel.