Reply #130: Help Please

[jkd]

I first saw Steven Jones on C-Span several weeks ago. He seemed out of place at that L. A. conference. What was this professor from conservative Brigham Young University proposing? I couldn't believe what I heard.

I went to the BYU website to find out more about this Mr. Jones; there was this paper right on the Church School website. Any instructor who deviates from orthodoxy at BYU is history, that's been my observation in the past. But here is a paper that says that President Bush and his close circle are responsible for the deaths of over three thousand people at the World Trade Center.

My first impression was to call the university and express my concerns. Then I pondered, why would the Y choose this subject to show how much academic freedom it would tolerate, unless the university and church officials somehow secretly concurred with the author? Apparently this paper has been there for many months.

Therefore, I decided to read the paper. I found the arguments quite compelling, but I do not have a scientific background. I have been a member of Democratic Underground for some time, but have confined my reading and comments to the election forum. I didn't even know DU had a September 11 forum until two days ago. So I don't really know what criticism has been directed to the 13 points Dr. Jones presented. If this has been discussed in depth on this forum, would someone please give me a link. Thank you.