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I typically refrain from doing much more than reading some of these silly discussions by truthers but I have to jump in here....

People have been claiming that it could not be done because they have no imagination and will not accept that the military has demolition devices and techniques that we don't know about. The main point Jon makes is that just because the public doesn't know all that is possible doesn't mean it isn't possible.

And what branch of the military or what government agency do you believe is involved in "SECRET demolition devices and techniques"?

It absolutely AMAZES me when truthers talk about topics they know very little about...but even more so when they invoke the "It's SECRET technology that we don't know about".

Here is a little clue for you....if it's so obvious that even a truther can figure it out then it's hardly a secret.....and linking to documents or (ROFL) youtube videos that never were classified or have been declassified don't really do much to support the "BUT ITS SOOPER SEKRIT" argument.

This is why folks in the government just laugh truthers off when you start discussing the military or Intel agencies....cause you don't know what you are talking about.

And the same is true of Engineers when you discuss Engineering, Firefighters when you discuss firefighting, etc.

The idea that there are SECRET "techniques or technology" for demolishing a building is ridiculous.
 
Chris and Eric,...So your position is: "I could have not done it without leaving evidence so therefore it cannot be done." That is because you are not thinking "outside the box". Have you seen this video by Jon Cole? He invented a device that cuts columns using regular thermite....
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Nice try but I'm not that gullible. What do you suggest was cut by invisible in action thermXte? Who put it there? When? How was it not discovered? In brief all those aspects which add up to impossibility and are routinely ignored by truthers.
...People have been claiming that it could not be done because they have no imagination and will not accept that the military has demolition devices and techniques that we don't know about. The main point Jon makes is that just because the public doesn't know all that is possible doesn't mean it isn't possible....
Try that one one the unknowing public please. Implicitly suggesting that I share your incredulity - see the following where you make it explicit:
...The only known mechanism that can remove all the supporting columns in a synchronistic manner that will allow for implosion is some form of explosives....
the only mechanism known to you AND circular logic
...Implosion is a fine art and could not happen as the result of the failure of a single column or demolitions companies would not go to all the trouble of rigging most or all the support columns...
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"It can't be because . . . ." is a denial position and requires ignoring the reality that the only explanation for building 7 imploding and/or falling at free fall acceleration is removing all the supporting structure on 7 to 8 floors in a controlled sequence using some kind of explosive and/or incendiary device....
Hogwash as you switch from my assessment to your incredulity.
....With all due respect...
I wont call that sarcasm - I think you mean it so it probably truthfully reflects your unclear thinking and fixed position of denial which you falsely attribute to me.

The central point of your incredulity is that you can only conceive of one possibility - or can only afford to admit one given your need for a pre-determined outcome - that one possibility is use of explosive or incendiary demolition. It isn't the only one and no amount of snide reflections on my reasoning will eliminate the multiple other possible mechanisms.

My position simply stated is that I accept the reality of the multitude of possible structural failure mechanisms even though I cannot specify them to the level of "column x failed by reason y taking out beam z". There was no demolition and the only reason none of us can specify the exact failure mechanism is that with the WTC7 collapse it was hidden from clear view. As I said the main reason truthers choose WTC7 is just that. Sufficient evidence is abundantly clear for WTC1 & WTC2 so truthers pick WTC7 where the exact detail of the structural failure cannot be discerned. And you choose to misread the overwhelming evidence against demolition which I briefly summarised. So be it. Your call - I for one do not fall for the part truth trickery and evasions.
 
I typically refrain from doing much more than reading some of these silly discussions by truthers but I have to jump in here....



And what branch of the military or what government agency do you believe is involved in "SECRET demolition devices and techniques"?

It absolutely AMAZES me when truthers talk about topics they know very little about...but even more so when they invoke the "It's SECRET technology that we don't know about".

Here is a little clue for you....if it's so obvious that even a truther can figure it out then it's hardly a secret.....and linking to documents or (ROFL) youtube videos that never were classified or have been declassified don't really do much to support the "BUT ITS SOOPER SEKRIT" argument.

This is why folks in the government just laugh truthers off when you start discussing the military or Intel agencies....cause you don't know what you are talking about.

And the same is true of Engineers when you discuss Engineering, Firefighters when you discuss firefighting, etc.

The idea that there are SECRET "techniques or technology" for demolishing a building is ridiculous.

And layered on that is the ridiculous notion that these devices could have been delivered to a building in lower Manhattan, received into the building, transported to the required floors, installed, the damage repaired, the furniture replaced with not one person noticing, .in a building that was occupied 24/7, in a building where use of freight elevators required several days notice, in a city that never sleeps, in a city that nothing is delivered or moved without several different unions being involved.

Add to that the fact that not ONE piece of the supposed devices was ever found....despite the multiple layers of inspection of the debris that recovered over 50,000 personal effects.

The number of people that would have been required to carry out such a plan without ONE person spilling the beans makes the idea of "controlled demolition" more than ridiculous
 
Nice try but I'm not that gullible. What do you suggest was cut by invisible in action thermXte? Who put it there? When? How was it not discovered? In brief all those aspects which add up to impossibility and are routinely ignored by truthers.
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You're not thinking "outside of the box". This is the freaking US military, they could do SOMETHING to make this happen.

Come on........think Playstation!



:rolleyes:
 
I typically refrain from doing much more than reading some of these silly discussions by truthers but I have to jump in here....



And what branch of the military or what government agency do you believe is involved in "SECRET demolition devices and techniques"?...
And he has the gall to tell me, the military engineer that, as if detection of demolition devices depended on them being the specific ones available to an Aussie Army engineer.
...It absolutely AMAZES me when truthers talk about topics they know very little about...but even more so when they invoke the "It's SECRET technology that we don't know about"...
Similar comment to my previous. As if qualified engineers could not detect use of devices with which they were not yet familiar. Truther logic all over again - take the element of concern to the truther. Take it totally out of context. Then claim it is wrong. The contextual setting shows the lie.
...The idea that there are SECRET "techniques or technology" for demolishing a building is ridiculous.
except that he claims that this engineer has no imagination :D

...partly true - my imagination is NOT limited to what is plausible BUT I choose to not propose implausible "magic" as a solution. :rolleyes:
 
...partly true - my imagination is NOT limited to what is plausible BUT I choose to not propose implausible "magic" as a solution. :rolleyes:

It appears you have identified your "debunker" problem...now if you would please fix that you would no longer be a "sheeple" and could finally learn the TRUTH of what happened on 9/11...(inside jobby job)
 
You're not thinking "outside of the box". This is the freaking US military, they could do SOMETHING to make this happen.

Come on........think Playstation!



:rolleyes:
True. In an ironic sort of way.

I am accused of staying in the nine dots. By someone whose perspective is one dot or at most four dots.

When in fact I have considered and identified all twenty five dots....

....and most of the forty nine dots.

But I wont stay with the metaphor 'coz someone will point out that I am still accepting a two dimensional matrix.

...and it gets hard to visualise beyond three dimensions....

:D
 
And layered on that is the ridiculous notion that these devices could have been delivered to a building in lower Manhattan, received into the building, transported to the required floors, installed, the damage repaired, the furniture replaced with not one person noticing, .in a building that was occupied 24/7, in a building where use of freight elevators required several days notice, in a city that never sleeps, in a city that nothing is delivered or moved without several different unions being involved.

Add to that the fact that not ONE piece of the supposed devices was ever found....despite the multiple layers of inspection of the debris that recovered over 50,000 personal effects.

The number of people that would have been required to carry out such a plan without ONE person spilling the beans makes the idea of "controlled demolition" more than ridiculous

See my several times repeated comment.

You have to ignore all that context stuff OTHERWISE you scheme becomes impossible.

;)
 
See my several times repeated comment.

You have to ignore all that context stuff OTHERWISE you scheme becomes impossible.

;)

Years ago I did work in NYC, including a project in the Empire State Buiding and one in the mall of the WTC. These troofers have no clue what it is like gettign anything done in NYC.
 
What do you suggest was cut by invisible in action thermXte? Who put it there? When? How was it not discovered?
I don't know how or why the building was rigged for demolition but I can look at the results and see that it was.

The central point of your incredulity is that you can only conceive of one possibility - or can only afford to admit one given your need for a pre-determined outcome - that one possibility is use of explosive or incendiary demolition. It isn't the only one
[FONT=&quot]Provide another way of removing all the supporting structure on 8 floors in a synchronistic manner that results in free fall acceleration or stop claiming that there is.


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Chris, I may be in the minority on this forum when I agree with you that free-fall means no structural resistance.
Thank you

Maddening though it is to spend time on 8 out of 47 floors in free-fall, I'm going through the exercise. So let's say you're right when you say " the NIST progressive collapse hypothesis does not include a period of free fall acceleration because there is always structural resistance."
That is what Shyam Sunder said and we agree on this part:
"a free fall time would be an object that has no structural components below it . . ."

Here he is saying that their model provided resistance as can be seen in the video captures and Figure 12-63.
"there was structural resistance that was provided in this particular case. And you had a sequence of structural failures that had to take place. Everything was not instantaneous."
 
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I don't know how or why the building was rigged for demolition but I can look at the results and see that it was....

Should you really say "think it was"? Remember to be truthful.

:rolleyes:
Not far enough DGM. You're being too easy. To be truthful it should be "...and think that it was one of the plausible options." At this stage he has been made aware of other plausible options for explaining collapse which have been put by me and others and he has not eliminated those other options.

In addition I have outlined some of the case against demolition which he also has not legitimately addressed. To be truthful those outlined facts or the fully detailed explanations backing those outlines must also be addressed.
 
Not far enough DGM. You're being too easy. To be truthful it should be "...and think that it was one of the plausible options."
No, this can only be a CD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm1u6qZyQ4w

Building implosion is a fine art and it cannot happen by chance.

At this stage he has been made aware of other plausible options for explaining collapse
What plausible options?
ETA: You keep saying that but you have not provided any plausible options.

In addition I have outlined some of the case against demolition which he also has not legitimately addressed. To be truthful those outlined facts or the fully detailed explanations backing those outlines must also be addressed.
Thinking up reasons to believe that what clearly looks like a CD is not a CD demonstrates a desire not to believe the obvious.
 
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Not far enough DGM. You're being too easy. To be truthful it should be "...and think that it was one of the plausible options." At this stage he has been made aware of other plausible options for explaining collapse which have been put by me and others and he has not eliminated those other options.

In addition I have outlined some of the case against demolition which he also has not legitimately addressed. To be truthful those outlined facts or the fully detailed explanations backing those outlines must also be addressed.
Should we add "and I can't come up with a plausible reason anyone would do this in the first place"?

;)
 

2 minutes and 19 seconds, you'd think they could at least spare a few more seconds to show the entire collapse.

Building implosion is a fine art and it cannot happen by chance.

I agree entirely. However, there were no implosions on 9/11.



Thinking up reasons to believe that what clearly looks like a CD is not a CD demonstrates a desire not to believe the obvious.

We don't need to think up any reasons. We already know it wasn't a controlled demolition.


Two aircraft struck each tower at about the same place, causing massive structural damage and a raging inferno. Roughly the same time they collapsed in strikingly similar fashion. To normal people, this makes sense. Two identical things resulted in to identical collapses.

Where's the beef?
 
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