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Split Thread What does "MIHOP" mean?

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I agree. I don't believe he's a truther or MIHOPper. I could be wrong though, since what he wrote is in the past, there's no telling what Ozeco believes now.
He means well but he's wrong.
But meaning well is not enough, you have to be right. He's got one foot on land the other in the boat.
 
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I agree. I don't believe he's a truther or MIHOPper. I could be wrong though, since what he wrote is in the past, there's no telling what Ozeco believes now.
He means well but he's wrong.
But meaning well is not enough, you have to be right. He's got one foot on land the other in the boat.
Supporting femr2????

....actually I'm supporting the English language and the fact that for several years I have been among the alleged minority who use MIHOP in its literal meaning AND recognise in written context when others could be using an implied meaning. The guts of my claim is that you cannot by decree stop people using the acronym in its literal meaning.

If femr2 says that the cloudless daytime sky is blue I will agree with his claim. I feel no obligation to disagree with femr2 because he is branded as a truther on this forum. I will judge what he says based on whether it is true or not and not be swayed by the need to conform to the majority viewpoint. I staked out my areas of probable disagreement with him months ago. Ditto for some areas of disagreement with Major_Tom. None of those areas of disagreement are within the scope of present discussions so I do not keep repeating them as off topic counter claims.

Secondly I do not support ill founded and poorly argued personal attacks whatever the excuse.

My position on 9/11 is unchanged in broad outline. My interest is in the technical aspects focussed on the WTC collapses - they presented challenges which aroused my interest given my career history of civil and military engineering. I have little interest in the politico-conspiracy issues because they are essentially not resolvable by argument contrast with the technical aspects of the collapses which are relatively clear cut, definable and easy to analyse to the level needed to show no 'human assistance'. I reject the idea that there was any human assistance to the collapses of WTC1, 2 and 7 (I deny that anyone made it happen on purpose :D) I published my own explanation of the Twin Towers collapses in 2007-8. I have learned a bit more about the details since then - some of that learning flowing from the detailed investigations of femr2 and Major_Tom. The detailed research that they do is commendable - irrespective of where some people think it might lead.
 
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Oh good lord.

MIHOP means the US government did it.

This is just childish anal retentive semantic hair-splitting. next thing you know, the twoofers will be arguing the meaning of the words "in" and "on" as if that somehow makes...

What...?

Oh @#$%!

Pretty much this!

But I'm sure we can all agree femr2 is not gonna relent on his position so this is all just going in circles...are ya kiddo? You gonna relent? Didn't think so.
 
Incorrect. The acronym has many interpretations dependant upon context and qualifiers for the inherently ambiguous terms. If the "who", "what" and "how" are stated the interpretation has specific meaning.


You seem to be making the following assumptions when making such a statement...

  • "brought down the towers" was a deliberate action, not an unforseen consequence.
  • Destruction of WTC7 was a deliberate action, not an unforseen consequence.

I don't think you've thought it through.

The terrorists intention was to bring down the towers. They'd been trying since 1993. Or do you think Ramzi Yousef should be released from prison? So yes "bring down the towers" was a deliberate action of the terrorists.
 
"MIHOP" always means US government involvement.
Incorrect.

"MIHOP" only means US government involvement
Incorrect.

I will concede that a twoofer could say with a straight face that he isn't implying that the US government is involved.
Who are you referring to with your uncivil "twoofer" moniker ?

However, despite the fact that twoofers are pathological liars, racists and morons on a good day, any twoofer actually saying such a thing would have to be even less honest, less cognizant of reality or both than we are normally used to seeing from the idiot brigade.
Uncivil.
 
This loose definition of the term that femr2 is pushing makes the acronym completely meaningless, as it describes virtually any possible or impossible scenario in which a culprit or culprits initiated the events with a purpose, including the scenario printed in the 911 commission report.
The point of this thread is to "attack femr2" and attempt to imply that when I've used the acronym M.I.H.O.P. that I am saying "The US Government did it".

That is incorrect. My usage of the acronym does not, and has never, had any specific "who" applied.

The loose definition comes in part from the resources supplied by W.D.Clinger, which includes this...
There is nothing wrong with disagreement, but distorted straw-man arguments with misleading and inaccurate language and labels are not real disagreement. The misleading and false MIHOP/LIHOP dichotomy is effectively used in straw-man debates in which 9/11 activists are attacked with ridiculously misleading and inaccurate labels. Instead, accurate language should be used to critique and advance understanding of the 9/11 attacks. If misinformation is defined as “misleading information", then the MIHOP and LIHOP labels closely follow this definition, but if they are used with deliberate intent to confuse and mislead, they clearly function as disinformation. This is because they can mean almost anything depending on what the user wants them to mean when left unqualified, and they can just as easily be misunderstood by the intended audience when this happens. Without clarification, the terms are like empty, unfilled glasses; containers without meaningful content. When these labels are followed by specific explanations and analysis they are somewhat more useful, but without clarification they are dangerously open-ended:

  • Who made it happen?
  • What happened?
  • How did it happen?
  • Why did it happen?
  • Why is the official story wrong?
  • Which parts of the official story are wrong?
  • What parts are true?
  • And most importantly, how can you prove it?

These are all questions that MIHOP and LIHOP do not answer when they are not followed with explanation or precise definition; on their own these terms are virtually meaningless. They avoid the complex nature of reality by avoiding subtlety and nuance.

Written by someone other than me.

There's a reason we are pushing femr2 for this. His behavior is dishonest
Incorrect.

and he has been misusing this acronym for a long time
Incorrect.

It's not a personal attack to call a liar on a lie, even if it's a lie by omission.
It's clearly a personal attack, especially when you are utterly wrong, and accusation of "liar" is clearly uncivil.

Always reminds me of a quote from TLOTR...
'You lie,' said Wormtongue.

'That word comes too oft and easy from your lips,' said Gandalf. 'I do not lie. See, Théoden, here is a snake! With safety you cannot take it with you, nor can you leave it behind. To slay it would be just. But it was not always as it now is. Once it was a man, and did you service in its fashion. Give him a horse and let him go at once, wherever he chooses. By his choice you shall judge him.'

W.D.Clinger also posted resource which included the following types of MIHOP...
  • Cheney-Bush MIHOP
  • Peak Oil MIHOP
  • Mossad MIHOP
  • Zionist MIHOP
  • Jewish MIHOP
  • New World Order MIHOP
  • Rogue Network MIHOP

"femr2's loose definition" ? Nope.

There is nothing about the acronym M.I.H.O.P. which denotes "who".

As W.D.Clinger put it...
Regardless of who (x), it (y), or how (z): If there's a perpetrator x who did the deed y by purposefully employing method z, then x's perpetration of y via z counts as MIHOP.​
I'd query the "regardless" there, as I think each parameter has extents when applied to the events of 9/11, but the notion that there is one single meaning is clearly false.

The acronym now exists.

I am sure it will be applied to events other than 9/11 in the future, as shorthand for "made it happen on purpose".

Indeed it already has. Try investigoogling using the keywords "BP MIHOP" ;)
 
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At least we now know this much, both Major Tom and femr2 believe that fire and planes impact did not cause the collapse of the Towers. They had coyly and with sophistry attempted to conceal this fact, but can no longer. Tom with explosives or something not loud.
Incorrect, but good to see you openly clariying the PURPOSE of your dialogue, which is NOT to actually validly discuss the variable application of an acronym, but instead to go on a witch-hunt (which you have even been so bold as to emphasise :eek:

secret message...>

[/COLOR] I bet you dollars to donuts that MT or Ozeco or femr2 , not having reason on their side, red herring accuse me of quote mining, misleading/dishonest posts etc. instead of answering the post – what do you really believe. Because they have nothing, don't realize it, and are not embarrassed about it. But you see, like all true Believers, they see nothing wrong with hypocritical deception because they mean well, and for a good end.
There is nothing about the acronym M.I.H.O.P. that denotes "who".

It is unwise to quote mine posts from two years ago to determine what someone "believes". What you "think" my position is is...wrong. You can believe whatever you please, but it won't stop you being...wrong.
 
Since we're making lists:

  • Al Qaida MIHOP
Many more could be included I'm sure.

Thus rendering the word meaningless
Incorrect. You can assume the acronym refers to your preferred interpretation, such as Rogue Network MIHOP, and if there is any confusion you have only to state your intent and the meaning is qualified.

and thus making my point beautifully.
No.

Consider its use for folk talking about BP. Try searching for "BP MIHOP". They are not even talking about 9/11.

Using the acronym does not mean the poerson doing so is talking about either "inside job" or "the US Government did it".

No doubt someone will go on a merr-go-round, again, but it won't change the end result in a thread asking "What does MIHOP mean"...

It means all sorts of things in different contexts, all of which meanings can be made specific if the context is clarified.
 
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Finally. A breakthrough.

BasqueArch
At least we now know this much, both Major Tom and femr2 believe that fire and planes impact did not cause the collapse of the Towers.

Femr2 Incorrect,

If Basque is incorrect, then the only explantion is that MT and FEMR2 both accept the widely known truth of 9/11 - 19 arabs + 4 aircraft.

I'm glad we got to the bottom of this. Can we now go back to looking at cute graphs and charts?
 
Why use a term/phrase to be deliberately vague?

Using a term which has a general meaning, rather than a specific narrow meaning is not being "deliberately vague".

There's nothing nefarious about discussing (anyone) MIHOP (anyhow). It's not vague. It's ALL MIHOP's.

Some folk might have a (floor by floor explosive) MIHOP stance, some a (space alien nuk-o-beam) MIHOP stance.

I could write a firly long list of similar, and may well do so.

As was quoted earlier...
femr2 said:
I imagine the perspective of most here is that we are running out/have run out of viable MIHOP scenarios.

Quite why folk are investing so much effort in "what femr2 believes" is beyond me. It would be flattering if it was not clearly for the purpose of many thinking they can justify their poor behaviour and critical thinking skills by feeling better about "branding" and "flaming" me...because in 2009 I said "xxx" :rolleyes:
 
Perhaps if you didn't spend so much time with your high and mighty attitude, the attitude towards you would be a bit different. You may want to suggest that to your partner in crime, too.

Quite why folk are investing so much effort in "what femr2 believes" is beyond me.

Thankfully you've finally admitted what you believe so we can move on from that. It's about time. Thanks.
 
BasqueArch
At least we now know this much, both Major Tom and femr2 believe that fire and planes impact did not cause the collapse of the Towers.

Either they did or they did not. BasqueArch suggested that you and MT believe that the fire and planes did NOT cause it. To that you replied "incorrect".

The only other option is that the planes and fire DID cause it.

If the "did not" is incorrect (YOUR words)
then "DID" IS correct.

Your words. Not mine.

Now that we have that out of the way, why not resurrect your observables thread, so we can now discuss it in the proper context, which is pretty much what we've wanted all along.

Thanks kiddo!
 
Either they did or they did not. BasqueArch suggested that you and MT believe that the fire and planes did NOT cause it. To that you replied "incorrect".
I did indeed reply "incorrect", as you do NOT know what my position is, or what "i believe".

Your assumption of what I was stating was "incorrect" is incorrect.

Your words. Not mine.
Your incorrect assumption and interpretation, not mine.

your observables thread
I do not have an "observables thread".

we can now discuss it in the proper context
The context does not change regardless of which incorrect assumed position you attribute to either Major_Tom or myself.

That you suggest "what you think I believe" DOES change the context within which YOU discuss makes it very clear WHY you want such positional stances to be stated.

Interesting.

Thanks kiddo!
I have repeatedly told you that my ID is femr2, not "kiddo".
 
Incorrect. You can assume the acronym refers to your preferred interpretation, such as Rogue Network MIHOP, and if there is any confusion you have only to state your intent and the meaning is qualified.

No no, I was correct. The word is meaningless and you have now changed your story from before where you claimed MIHOP didn't fit in with the conspiracy outlined in the 911 commission report. Moving goal posts this openly does wonders for our case against yours.
 
I did indeed reply "incorrect", as you do NOT know what my position is, or what "i believe".

Stop tapdancing.

There are only TWO OPTIONS AVAILABLE. If you say one is incorrect, than the other one IS correct.
 

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