> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Nick Arnett > Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 9:17 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: 9/11 conspiracies (WAS RE: What should we believe when there > is no reliable information?) > > On 9/15/06, Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So either my entire immediate family and a surprising > > proportion of my friends, and I, were all in on the > > conspiracy > > I'm sorry, but I don't quite see why it would be necessary for you and > your various acquaintances to have been part or or even aware of any > of various conspiracy scenarios that are floated around. > > I'm not saying that the conspiracy theories are more credible as a > result... just that I don't quite grok your reasoning. > > It seems to me that the "need to know" theory idea -- > compartmentalization of sensitive operations -- would assure that you > and your various pals would be in the dark, since I really can't > imagine why any of the people you describe would need to know about > such an operation if there were one. Is there some reason I'm not > aware of that you and your network of highly placed acquaintances > would need to be notified if we were planning an act of high treason?
I think the argument is not that these folks would have to know it beforehand, but would have had to see telltale signs afterwards if they were as obvious as the various conspiracy theories argue. The conspiracy theory that is given by the loose change video clearly would require thousands of conspirators. "Scholars for 9-11 truth" argues that the official explanation is impossible. If they could see it, then why did the McKensey study miss it? Why did all the structural engineering departments who studied this miss it? They either all had to be blind or in on the plan. Now, if someone were to come up with a plausible theory that involved only a handful of key players being in on it, and being so perfect that the results are identical to those that would result if it were AQ attacking with planes, then that theory would no longer suffer from that problem that thousands of Americans had to either be in on the coverup or unbelievably stupid. These types of conspiracy theories, as I've seen them, involve a very weak link with the President just downplaying terrorism vs. N. Korea as a security threat. In short, no-one has come up with a mechanism by which a few folks could have faked a terrorist attack without leaving clues that people like Gautam's friends should have picked up. For that matter, if the arguments on these sites were true, _I'm_ an idiot for not being able to do simple physics....OK, I know I gave you a straight line there. :-) Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
