09-08-2011, 11:39 PM
Kyle,
Thank you for this information.
To reiterate, I was not aware of any such rigged-for-demolition hypothesis when it first occured to me on September 11, 2001 or at any other time until I read your post minutes ago.
Malcolm,
As for Silverstein's "pull it" comment: I commend you on your interpretation of the motives for the remark. Cognitive dissonance and dissension in the ranks have followed upon it, with the result that the broad dismissal of Silverstein's comment as a "demolish" order serves to direct us away from consideration of pre-rigging or any other controlled demolition scenario.
"How could the buildings have been rigged in such a short time frame?" is the question that was begged. And it is, of course, the wrong question.
When the inevitable answer -- "They couldn't have been rigged in such a short time frame" -- is provided, we must move on to other matters.
Brilliant.
Savagely so.
I do disagree with you regarding the Murrah Building, however. Different construction, different scenario.
Thank you for this information.
To reiterate, I was not aware of any such rigged-for-demolition hypothesis when it first occured to me on September 11, 2001 or at any other time until I read your post minutes ago.
Malcolm,
As for Silverstein's "pull it" comment: I commend you on your interpretation of the motives for the remark. Cognitive dissonance and dissension in the ranks have followed upon it, with the result that the broad dismissal of Silverstein's comment as a "demolish" order serves to direct us away from consideration of pre-rigging or any other controlled demolition scenario.
"How could the buildings have been rigged in such a short time frame?" is the question that was begged. And it is, of course, the wrong question.
When the inevitable answer -- "They couldn't have been rigged in such a short time frame" -- is provided, we must move on to other matters.
Brilliant.
Savagely so.
I do disagree with you regarding the Murrah Building, however. Different construction, different scenario.
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-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
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Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene