# Jews and the WTC **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 5, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799 "2002-12-05T22:54:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799/41 "2002-12-06T21:18:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Would it even be possible to find out how many people who worked in the WTC (and people who were just there attending meetings) were “Jews?” Just because they “have Jewish names” doesn’t make them “Jews,” and many people without Jewish names—or from Jewish familes—are Jews. I just don’t think such a study _could_ be done. > > Like saying “the homosexuals were responsible! None of the gays showed up for work that day!” How could you prove or disprove such a statement? \*\* This, exactly, was what I was trying to express in my posts. ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799/42 "2002-12-06T23:18:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Sometimes I feel like I’m asking a question to Pee Wee Herman Maybe you were. After all, Pee Wee Herman’s real name is Paul _Reuben_, a Jew. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799/43 "2002-12-07T00:31:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hari Seldon \* > If “the Jews” did it, why did so many of the world’s Moslems cheer when the towers fell? A friend of mine with two sons in a HS that has a large Moslem population said that most of them cheered when the the PA announced (at around 8:30MT) that the north tower had fallen. \*\* I don’t know…is it because they are a bunch of ignorant savages? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799/44 "2002-12-07T07:10:56Z")
**msmith537** , Your post is inappropriate. We don’t allow hateful or derogatory comments. Do not do this again. **DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799/45 "2002-12-07T07:21:34Z")
Is it possible that **msmith537** is being sarcastic, in reponse to a what they thought was a gross generalization made by **Hari Seldon**. ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799/46 "2002-12-07T10:16:35Z")
For the record, here in the Emirates: 1. No one - Muslim or non-Muslim - cheered when the towers fell 2. The predominant reaction was shock, horror and grief, with many people here knowing people in those towers. My muslim colleague’s brother was in one of the towers - he did escape - but they didn’t know he was safe for several hours later because the phone lines were all down. 3. The stupid “no jews went to work that day” rumour did go around, but no non-Muslims, and very few Muslims, actually believed it ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799/47 "2002-12-07T11:00:53Z")
Maybe Al Gore did it. Pissed about the election, and whatnot. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799/48 "2002-12-07T13:06:48Z")
This lie had some currency here in Saudi Arabia in the week or so after the attack. The best debunking of it was in the Fortean Times. I happened to have that issue in my carryon when I returned to the Magic Kingdom. When my Saudi coworkers read the article they xeroxed ™ it and made notes to argue with their friends. Good lads. There was some cheering here on 11-9. A few wrenches down on our flightline. they were arrested by the MPs and have not returned to work. on 12-9 the Colonel called all us Americans (and Canadians) in and apologized that Arabs may have been involved. He told us that if anyone acted inappropriatly, to report the asshat to him at once. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799/49 "2002-12-09T21:54:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DrMatrix \* > \*\ ***msmith537** , > > Your post is inappropriate. We don’t allow hateful or derogatory comments. > > Do not do this again. > > **DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EasyPhil \* > Is it possible that msmith537 is being sarcastic, in reponse to a what they thought was a gross generalization made by Hari Seldon. Just a little clarification…my statement is refering to anyone who would cheer and clap over seeing 1000s of innocent people die…regardless of race or religeon or whatever. So chill. And if you believe that there was some “Jew warning” without being shown any evidence then you have to be pretty ignorant. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799/50 "2002-12-09T22:13:25Z")
> [@](#): > > And if you believe that there was some “Jew warning” without being shown any evidence then you have to be pretty ignorant. Exactly. And thus the reason for my posting above. ---
**Author:** ![OfBlinkingThings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ebca7d/32.png) [@OfBlinkingThings](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OfBlinkingThings)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799/51 "2002-12-09T23:40:48Z")
The people who come up with rumors like this stifle me. Most racial rumors and stereotypes are so far-fetched and ridiculous that they lose credibility by simply being uttered. I understand how anybody can even conceive this utter trash as truth. ---
**Author:** ![OfBlinkingThings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ebca7d/32.png) [@OfBlinkingThings](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OfBlinkingThings)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799/52 "2002-12-09T23:42:00Z")
I posted a reply. Now I look like an idiot. Sorry. Please insult me at will. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![OfBlinkingThings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ebca7d/32.png) [@OfBlinkingThings](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OfBlinkingThings)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799/53 "2002-12-09T23:45:18Z")
Wow. Sorry I ruined the board. I posted a reply and it went to a second page. I thought I made a new thread when i saw my sole post. Sorry again ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799/54 "2002-12-09T23:50:08Z")
This threads not that old, a reply isn’t discouraged. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-and-the-wtc/140799.md?page=2)