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Old 29th December 2016, 04:24 AM   #961
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Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop View Post
What context would that be?
Comparative context, which is the basis of my statement.
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Old 29th December 2016, 04:37 AM   #962
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Originally Posted by Clutch Cargo View Post
Do you think a lit cigarette lying on the floor could have caused building 7 to sustain the damage the official version claims?
Yes No? YesWhat about a lit book of matches? A piece of paper on fire? 2 pieces of paper? Still no? Still yes,
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At what point will you be willing to believe "a fire" is a credible explanation for what happened? 27 pieces of paper on a hot day and a magnifying glass lying nearby? Where does credibility come into play?
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please actually read the official story before criticising.

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Old 29th December 2016, 04:50 AM   #963
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I wanted to find out if it was the actual terrorists behind the controls or if it was the actual American pilots doing the necessary maneuvers at gunpoint.
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Old 29th December 2016, 05:15 AM   #964
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Where is this "Official version" etched in stone, that you speak of?
It's in the hands of top people

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Old 29th December 2016, 05:53 AM   #965
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Originally Posted by Clutch Cargo View Post
The wildest one I have witnessed (today anyway) is a seemingly educated man or woman with brain cells and a fine command of the English language who cannot spell the word 'extremely' properly.
Yes but I can point out all the flaws in your theories properly, such as you don't know anything about fires!
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Old 29th December 2016, 06:18 AM   #966
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Originally Posted by Clutch Cargo View Post
Take your pick. Any one of them will do.
I see, you can't answer my question.
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Old 29th December 2016, 06:23 AM   #967
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Old 29th December 2016, 06:42 AM   #968
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Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop View Post
What context would that be?
Comedy.
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Old 29th December 2016, 06:54 AM   #969
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Originally Posted by Clutch Cargo View Post
The wildest one I have witnessed (today anyway) is a seemingly educated man or woman with brain cells and a fine command of the English language who cannot spell the word 'extremely' properly.
Not sure criticizing others' spelling appropriate when one makes a post with a fundamental apostrophe error, viz.:

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In its' proper context ..... yes.

It's either its or it's, but it's definitely not its'.
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Old 29th December 2016, 07:57 AM   #970
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How do you account for the raging dispute then? I assume you've read the reports, both official and otherwise? But then you'd have to have done in order to make your statement on what constitutes "rational dispute". Yes?
Where is this "raging debate" going on?

I see Ctists making assertions w/o evidence but it takes two informed parties to make a debate.
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Old 29th December 2016, 08:05 AM   #971
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True:
* I don't know much about putting out fires.
* I don't know much about demolition charges.

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Not true:
* I actually do know a thing or two about credibility - even when it concerns putting out fires, demolition charges, and the attacks on 9/11.

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Old 29th December 2016, 08:09 AM   #972
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Great [dws]...we have a new troll on the forum.
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Old 29th December 2016, 08:14 AM   #973
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Originally Posted by MileHighMadness View Post
Great [dws]...we have a new troll on the forum.
Are you referring to me?
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Old 29th December 2016, 08:15 AM   #974
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Originally Posted by Clutch Cargo View Post
True:
* I don't know much about putting out fires.
* I don't know much about demolition charges.
*
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Not true:
* I actually do know a thing or two about credibility - even when it concerns putting out fires, demolition charges, and the attacks on 9/11.
Wow, 100% poisoning of your own well, that's a Wrong Way Corrigan level of performance.
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Old 29th December 2016, 08:16 AM   #975
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Wow, 100% poisoning of your own well, that's a Wrong Way Corrigan level of performance.
Can you tell me what is wrong with my response?
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Old 29th December 2016, 08:31 AM   #976
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Originally Posted by Clutch Cargo View Post
How do you account for the raging dispute then? I assume you've read the reports, both official and otherwise? But then you'd have to have done in order to make your statement on what constitutes "rational dispute". Yes?
What "raging dispute" concerning the 4 hijacked aircraft?
The one that takes place on a small backwater area of the internet?



Yep that's some raging clue you got there.
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Old 29th December 2016, 08:37 AM   #977
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Old 29th December 2016, 09:02 AM   #978
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Originally Posted by Clutch Cargo View Post
[b]True:[/
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Not true:
* I actually do know a thing or two about credibility - even when it concerns putting out fires, demolition charges, and the attacks on 9/11.
Edited by Agatha:  Removed reference to previously moderated content, and further breach of rule 0 and rule 12


FWIW I enjoy that you talk about credibility when the heading says "not true"

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Old 29th December 2016, 09:03 AM   #979
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Originally Posted by Clutch Cargo View Post
Can you tell me what is wrong with my response?
You said it's not true that you actually do know a thing or two about credibility.
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Old 29th December 2016, 09:07 AM   #980
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Calling what happened on 9/11 a theory defies logic and reason

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The wildest conspiracy theory of 9-11 is no less credible than the official version.
No, it is not a theory, what happened on 9/11 was due to 19 terrorist, it was conspiracy, not a theory. After 15 years why are you unable to figure out 9/11?

It was a conspiracy, and is not a theory. Somehow one of UBL lackeys figured out faking a hijacking would give a chance to the dumbest humans on earth (until 9/11 truth CTers showed up), 19 nuts for UBL, simple murderers, to use aircraft as WMDs.

Yes, it was wild, 19 nuts murder and commit suicide, too bad McVeigh did not save us time and sit in his truck.


So you have a version you can't explain which ignores the 19 terrorists? But you can't support it with facts, evidence, logic, or photo. You mentioned fire, and the WTC towers fires were equal in energy to more than 2,700 tons of TNT (heat energy) before collapse. Go ahead ignore fire... BTW, paper has more heat energy than thermite. But ignore fire, and reason, pick the fantasy inside job which has no evidence.

Ignore Occam's Razor, go for the gold in woo, go for the undefined BS story you can't explain. What was your wild evidence free story of 9/11? What is the problem, forgot it already.


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So you say the various "no plane" versions are credible?
In its' proper context ..... yes.
Really, in your fantasy version of 9/11 "no plane" is credible. I agree, in a fantasy dumbed down with lies and nonsense, it is credible to delusional followers of 9/11 truth.

Bring evidence next time, and know "the raging dispute" is confined to the "conspiracy theory" sections of forums (aka the fantasy sections), and some idiots who run web sites filled with lies and idiotic claims.
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I am going to guess that "proper context" re: no planes, is a reference to substituted and/or altered aircraft.

Could be that we are about to embark on a trip down the PfT rabbit hole.
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Old 29th December 2016, 10:24 AM   #982
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Originally Posted by Clutch Cargo View Post
The wildest conspiracy theory of 9-11 is no less credible than the official version.
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Take your pick. Any one of them will do.
Energy beams from space is pretty wild, and far less credible than the commonly accepted narrative.

Swapped planes is both wild and far less credible than the commonly accepted narrative.

Da Joos did it is both wild and far less credible than the commonly accepted narrative.

Missiles painted to look like commercial airlines is both wild and far less credible than the commonly accepted narrative.

I can do this all day

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Do you think a lit cigarette lying on the floor could have caused building 7 to sustain the damage the official version claims?
Obviously not. The damage caused to 7 WTC stemmed from having thousands of tons of burning debris fall on it from a collapsing adjacent 110-story office tower. That is an order-of-magnitude more than a lit cigarette.

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What about a lit book of matches?
See above
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A piece of paper on fire? 2 pieces of paper? 27 pieces of paper on a hot day and a magnifying glass lying nearby?
Ditto.

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Where does credibility come into play?
Whose credibility?
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Old 29th December 2016, 10:27 AM   #983
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Energy beams from space is pretty wild, and far less credible than the commonly accepted narrative.

Swapped planes is both wild and far less credible than the commonly accepted narrative.

Da Joos did it is both wild and far less credible than the commonly accepted narrative.

Missiles painted to look like commercial airlines is both wild and far less credible than the commonly accepted narrative.

I can do this all day
Nukes
Holograms
Shootdown of Flt 93
Over Vd aircraft

yeah there's a lot more.
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In its' proper context ..... yes.
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What context would that be?
That would be Time Line 932A, Code Name "Ferdinand T. Oilet"
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How do you account for the raging dispute then? I assume you've read the reports, both official and otherwise? But then you'd have to have done in order to make your statement on what constitutes "rational dispute". Yes?
As with any good religion, the most raging disputes are among the various denominations of the "9/11 Truth Movement", where No-Planers, Yes-Planers, Nukers, Thermitians, 28-Pagers and those who believe in the magic powers of the goddess Erin accuse one another of being planted agents and paid shills. Damn the People's Front of Judea!
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As with any good religion, the most raging disputes are among the various denominations of the "9/11 Truth Movement", where No-Planers, Yes-Planers, Nukers, Thermitians, 28-Pagers and those who believe in the magic powers of the goddess Erin accuse one another of being planted agents and paid shills. Damn the People's Front of Judea!
I think you mean the Judean People's Front. The only people we hate more than the bloody Romans are the Judean People's Front.

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The wildest conspiracy theory of 9-11 is no less credible than the official version.
No planes? DEW did it? Thermite? A nuke did it?

Really, the real plot of using planes as weapons to kill 3,000 is like the fantasy 9/11 truth presents with no evidence.

The evidence prove it was four planes. The collapse of the towers, due to fire. Your statement failed, the statement based on ignoring evidence.

Did you figure out 9/11? Where did you go? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAo8-YmVlN8

If you need help, talk to Roger Ramjet, he can help you figure out fantasy vs reality.
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At what point will you be willing to believe "a fire" is a credible explanation for what happened?

I'd reached that point a long time ago because I know that structural steel under load will fail if directly exposed to the full effects of fire.



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