Hi there, Russell, et al.
I never bother coming in here, mainly because we're so far from the action over here that we don't really have much interest in the whole deal. I do, however, recognise that lots of the CT surrounding 9/11 is pure bunkum. Despite that, it's clear that many people aren't happy with the official story, to a greater or lesser degree.
The reason I have had a look at this thread is because I was staggered that a thread had moved to 200 posts in around 12 hours.
Also, just for fun, I joined Loose Change Forum last week to see whether the "Loosers" were the rabid maniacs I had been led to believe. Comments like this:
I DID sign up. And I got banned for being a member of this forum, even though nothing I said was contentious. I didn't argue, I didn't disrupt.
made me think that the LC members were obviously just a lunatic fringe.
Lo and behold, the TRUTH about LC forum members is exactly the opposite to what the above would suggest. I told the forum in my first post that I am a member here and nobody banned me, or even cried about it. In fact, most people merely wanted to know why JREF members were so unfailingly rude and obnoxious to anyone who comes in here and mentions LC!
I have found them to be no more than misguided at worst, and strangely, most of them actually don't believe half the bollocks that JREF's "9/11 heroes" would have us think they believed. For instance, not one person I've found so far doubts that WTC 1 and 2 were brought down by anything other than passenger jets crashing into them. Most of them simply don't trust the official story. Many of them doubt the official line on WTC7, and who could blame them? The manner of its collapse was unique and while I'm not suggesting it was anything other than a result of the attacks, its uniqueness does open a can of worms for those who wish to doubt the official story - and let's face it, if 80-odd percent of people have questions about some part of the story, it's as good a place as any to start asking questions. On the whole, the way the affair has been handled begs too many questions for people to be comfortable with, and clearly, they aren't.
Not being one of the "9/11 heroes" gives me, I believe, an ability to look at the whole thing impartially and I have been fascinated by this thread in particular. In Russell, I see a polite, determined man, who is receiving nothing but abuse and biased criticism from people who should know better.
Just a quick recount of a few of the posts from the last two pages reveals these gems, from JREF members who are determined to discredit Russell, but alas, are being outclassed in every respect.
This is an example of the excellent "analysis" attempting to counter Russell:
But at the most, there's a small gov't department somewhere that we pay to be paranoid that is aware of you (along with many other fringe whackjobs) and that wants to make sure that your plans to visit the capitol don't include rifles or explosive devices.
From a "muse":
Care to tell us what they told you, or is it priveleged?
While this is from a "scholar":
More government incompetance.
Or perhaps its now just post traumatic stress.
This, from a "critical thinker" is worth re-quoting almost in its entirety:
please take to heart your true disrespect for those who died on 9/11 by passing on each false statement as they stand this very second on your own web site, just my opinion backed up by your disclaimer, a simple disclaimer, you forgot to add you do not care if it is wrong, but you listened to someone here and left out the reason you have wrong stuff, you do not care, and I am only extending to make that reflect you disrespect for those who died on 9/11. If you cared you would not do such shallow research, would you?
I am sure LCFC will not let me down and totally be in my face with lies and disrespect. You don't care anyway, so why respond on how you feel about fiction being passed as a truth movement instrument? Fraud, a movie made as a fictional farce is the bible of many truth movement people. Fraud?
Good luck fixing your site. (try removing it, just kidding, it is self debunking for humorous to most! But cheer up, those who share you PNAC love will suspend all thought processes and suck it up.)
So will LCFC be the big break for you as you appear on stage at those 75 dollar conferences selling soap?
Yep, that's "thinking" for you!
Another, "critical thinker":
from his 'Trailer" and preivew for lc:fc, its not really a bad guess. it seems right on the money.
This one's a "Ninja", apparently. Better stick to Ninja-ing!
Hmm, what comes to mind. If, and this is a big if, a studio showed interest, LC would be a great tax right off. Put some money into the production and distribution, it bombs (hmm is that a sign of CD?) Studio then rights off the losses and actually makes a profit.
Here's that "scholar" again:
I get FedEx packages everyday telling me your are a fraud and a liar.
And here's the "scholar", again! Some institution you're studying in! (I'd recommend asking for a refund.)
Thats the real tell to how well a website is doing. How long does the average visitor stay?
And, to round it out nicely, some more "critical thinking":
beachnut;2057384[COLOR=black said:
you guys are in the category with the following[/COLOR]
serial killers
pedophiles
OJ
Had Russell posted stuff like this, the screams of "ad hominem" and rushing to report the posts would have blown Darat to Scotland.
To an impartial observer, this thread looks like a lot of spoiled little kids crying, while Russell has preserved his dignity throughout.
It amuses me more and more every day that the JREF forum, championed by its own members as the home of critical analysis, seems to be more a group of immature little wannabes who are scared crapless that someone else might be receiving more attention than they are.
Keep it up, Russell, this is the kind of stuff which will turn ever more people to your way of thinking - flawed, in my opinion, though it may be.
p.s. to Russell, which ISP are you using that lists New Zealand with its alternative name of "Aotearoa" as well?