# Skyscrapers on fire, not collapsing **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 12, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skyscrapers-on-fire-not-collapsing/553541 "2010-09-12T22:53:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 262
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skyscrapers-on-fire-not-collapsing/553541/262 "2010-09-21T23:53:15Z")
> [@Mozart1220](#): > > If I knew who was responsible I wouldn’t have to ask the questions. I do not have to know what the square root of two is, to realize it is NOT Five. The square root of 2 is about 1.4. If you’re paraphrasing Orwell, you want to say 2 + 2 does not equal 5. Square roots are the opposite of squaring, not adding. > [@](#): > > And for the record, I do not think, nor have I ever even suggested, that our government planned or carried out the attacks. Yes, you have suggested the government was involved. You’ve also said you don’t think the government was involved. These statements are fundamentally incoherent and almost everything you have said in support of them is completely wrong. You said Bush didn’t care about Bin Laden, but that implies he knew Bin Laden was not responsible. That implicates him in the conspiracy. You have also made multiple statements that clearly implicate the military: > [@Did the 9-11 Attacks "Work?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-9-11-attacks-work/503088/139): > > _ **I think it’s pretty convenient that they were practicing that very scenario, and were thus unavailable when it actually happened** _ > [@Did the 9-11 Attacks "Work?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-9-11-attacks-work/503088/101): > > Why did the “plane” that hit the Pentagon fly all the way around and conveniently hit the one section closed down for renovation? Renovation to make it stronger against a MISSILE ATTACK? > [@Did the 9-11 Attacks "Work?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-9-11-attacks-work/503088/143): > > It would make a great deal of sense if you didn’t REALLY want to destroy the Pentagon, but didn’t want the pesky military getting in the way. So clearly you think the people who reinforced the Pentagon, the people who organize military training drills, and the hijackers were on the same side. As was Larry Silverstein, which makes no sense because he has no evident interest in destroying the Pentagon. Not that it matters because this is all crapola. > [@Mozart1220](#): > > I’m going to take a chance here and assume you are Republican as well. I already asked you this: why do you keep wrongly assuming people are Republicans whenever they disagree with your ridiculous ideas about the terrorist attacks? There are some Republicans here, but not a ton, and even among the Republicans there aren’t that many fans of Bush. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skyscrapers-on-fire-not-collapsing/553541)._