9/11 with office supplies

You remember when that creationist thought a can of peanut butter disproved evolution?

If you thought that was funny, you got to start watching some troofer videos. Screw Loose Change found this wonderful entry:

I realize this is low hanging fruit. But it was too funny to ignore.
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I conclude that the new Freedom Tower should be constructed entirely of plastic letter trays, but the architects should leave out the giant phone book on top.

In this "simulation", would he be the equivalent of the Stay Pufty giant monster in the first Ghostbuster movie?

There is a reason why the Materials Resistance courses are among the most difficult ones for engineering majors...

I also assumed this was a spoof, and kept waiting and waiting for him to collapse in a heap laughing his head off at all the dumb jackasses who were taking him seriously. My guess is that he must be Houdini's reincarnation, since he obviously just managed to escape that nice comfy jacket with sleeves that go right round his body...

My favorite part of the video is when he says, towards the end (paraphrase) "In nature, building do not fall like they fell on 9/11". It would be really, really hard to parody something like that.

It's a good job he pointed out that it wasn't an exact replica of the WTC, as that would have been hard to tell just by looking.

Glad I wasn't drinking anything when he picked up the phone book.

Low hanging fruit? That was low hanging knuckles.

What's with the finger thing at the beginning? He doesn't seem to know that those are supposed to be there for audio synch, not least of all because the audio isn't synched.

Let's see ... which is lower hanging fruit? This video, or the postulation that because of a fire in WTC Bldg. 7 (without any planes full of fuel to burn), the entire building fell at free-fall speed with no resistance at any point throughout the fall? Hmmn...??

Let's face it, for a person to believe that (after even a cursory glance at the videos and evidence) they would either have to be a) an absolute idiot, or b) simply unwilling to believe any other explanation due to a deep-seated fear of the implications.

"Let's face it, for a person to believe that (after even a cursory glance at the videos and evidence) they would either have to be a) an absolute idiot, or b) simply unwilling to believe any other explanation due to a deep-seated fear of the implications."

I'm willing to believe that at least one person here is an absolute idiot. Are there any 911 conspiracy claims that aren't demonstrably false?

Jim -

I don't suppose you would like to tell me *why* WTC7 was 'demolished'? Zero propaganda value, supposedly a 'smoking gun' for the whole conspiricy... why bother?

I just can't get an answer from the troofers on that one.

By Andrew Dodds (not verified) on 25 Jul 2007 #permalink