Yes, I realise this has been done many times before, and indeed I searched for some earlier threads and even found that one had been closed within a few posts, but I think I’ll bring something different to the topic, so hopefully the moderators will allow this one.
When the September 11 attacks happened, at first I presumed that the official story on the topic was all true, and regardless there were apparently no alternative theories around at the time. As the years went by, and as a non-American, the topic gradually slid from my consciousness. However in recent years, I have learnt a little of Muslim culture, and also become more anti-authoritarian in my thinking, and I guess it is these things that have lead me to question the story. On comtemplating the matter, I came to the conclusion that Muslim terrorism, as practised internationally, is essentially a hoax, where they are told what to do by the US government, and other western governments, and given money or other incentives for what they do.
Of course, the most significant example of Muslim terrorism is the 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Previously, I had heard of the “controlled demolition” theory, and guessed that it was probably nonsense, being too far-fetched to be true. However when I looked into the topic in depth this year, I changed my mind: I have concluded that the controlled demolition conspiracy theorists are right, and that the attacks were arranged and co-ordinated by the CIA or a larger section of the US government. I am not usually interested in conspiracy theories, and I think probably most of them are wrong, but this is one that is* true*, that really did happen. I think what confuses the issue is that there are a lot of people writing about the matter (Government employees maybe) who are deliberately putting nonsensical or false claims in what they write to discredit the truthful claims, and those seeking to promote only the truth are drowned out in the noise.
The websites that particularly swayed me are 9-11 research, and the paper by Steven Jones, both of which I read in their entirety. Also helpful were this and this, among other things. This is a good video I found just as I was writing this. One of the main clinchers for me is the rate at which the towers fell.
Yes, I have read the counter-arguments and “debunkings”, but they did not convince me. I did some physics at university, and have taken an interest in science since I was very young, and I think the good science lies with the controlled demolition theory. I don’t think a knowledge of science is necessary to be convinced of the theory though, I think the cultural and political arguments are very convincing as well. So if you think you are a person that seeks the truth, but do not believe September 11 was an inside job, then I implore you to look into it further, and your mind might be changed.
The reason I’ve written this is because I think this is an enormous, reprehensible lie, and I think, perhaps inevitably, it has ruined the world. It’s like, the balance is out, you know? The image of the crumbling towers has been seared into people’s minds as the evils of terrorism, represented by impoverished bearded guys in caves. People seem to have lost their sense of legal rights, replaced by a presumption that the authorities are always to be obeyed, and those that don’t obey are suspicious. Culture generally is deteriorating. The right thing to happen is for the lie to be revealed, to everyone, and I suppose the best way for that to happen is via the mainstream media. I don’t know whether you hear about it much in the US, but in my country we never hear of the alternate theories on TV or in newspapers. If more people get talking about it, and it gets into the media, then hopefully those who know some inside information will feel more confident about coming forward about it, and it can gather momentum from there. I don’t want to live in a “prison planet” anymore (to take from one of the more nonsensical websites).
About the username, I’m not trying to say I’m evil or something, it was more relevant to stuff I was posting a while ago. I’d get it changed but I probably won’t be posting much anyway.
