22-09-2013, 12:58 AM
On the day of 9/11, I was working at a engineering/manufacturing company, and when word came that the towers had completely collapsed, most of the mechanical engineers (some with backgrounds in architectural and civil engineering) agreed that "the terrorists must have been able to put explosives inside the buildings. There was no other way they could fall like that." That was their spontaneous gut reaction.
When the official story came that the planes and fires caused the collapse, every single one of them clammed up and adjusted to the new approved reality. So did I at first, I have to admit. The alternative is too scary to deal with. Everybody is busy slapping American flag stickers on their cars and rallying around the President. Everyone just stopped asking questions. Fear is a powerful thing; it is the greatest enemy of critical thinking.
When the official story came that the planes and fires caused the collapse, every single one of them clammed up and adjusted to the new approved reality. So did I at first, I have to admit. The alternative is too scary to deal with. Everybody is busy slapping American flag stickers on their cars and rallying around the President. Everyone just stopped asking questions. Fear is a powerful thing; it is the greatest enemy of critical thinking.