Reply #15: question

[Rich Hunt]

Why do all of the theories lately hinge upon this 'controlled demolition' stuff, and whether the building was 'brought down by fire alone?"

First of all, this is a mischaracterization. No one is really saying the towers were 'brought down by fire alone". The fire and fuel load, the weight of the plane and collapsed floors, not to mention the significant damage to the exterior support structure brought it down.

So why the disingenuousness here? Sorry, I will entertain your unscientific conspiracy theories when you people stop misrepresenting the 'official' assessment of what happened.

Moreover: which "74th or 75th floor" are we talking about? There were TWO. Please do not insult the intelligence of those you are appealing to by being so sloppy. Furthermore, that is one floor, and a floor that I believe was further away from the impact.

It is insulting to expect you can 'persuade' people through peer pressure (i.e., "if you don't believe us, you love Bush") and 'cliff notes"-style argument. If you want to persuade people with a sincere desire for civil discussion in mind, you would anticipate constructive criticism. I have NOT seen any sign that the 'controlled demolition' people are willing to do that.

Moreover, about the collapse of the buildings : it just so happens I watched much news footage of the collapses this week. I saw fire and smoke as the buildings were collapsing this week. Now we are being expected to accept THAT THERE WERE NO FIRES?

With regard to the collapse of the south tower, I saw that in slow motion, and the collapse was initiated when the southeast corner of the impact zone gave way totally. I love how these non-scientific 'true believers' have nothing to say about the support structure of the WTC. There was plenty of information about this in the mainstream media in the yearly anniversary specials after the WTC attacks.

I saw it with my own eyes a number of times. The footage showed it close up: the building literally collapsed at that southeast corner, and the lower portion of the building cannot withstand the weight of the upper portion collapsing on top of it - this is especially true in the case of the south tower, where the 'bisected' upper portion of the building is larger than in the north tower.

Try again in your pitch to get me to DO MORE LABOR and watch this video.