Re: Favorite Obscure 9/11 related CT's
Simply stated: there is considerable foundation for further exploration with several conspiracy theories because so many issues go unresolved, never answered or even mentioned in the official "discussion is over" obligatory report issued several years after the fact. Why you continue to struggle with that simplistic concept is mind boggling because you're not stupid or slow.
But the problem with most CTs is that they rely upon omission of information as their proof. Yet they call themselves "skeptics" because they doubt the "official line".
That however is not what a real skeptic is. A real skeptic keeps an open mind until they can gather as many facts as possible. And having no facts is not in itself a fact, however many would have you believe that way.
This is the logical failure of the "double negative", and many have tried to debate me in that way. "I say President Reagan entered into a secret agreement with England to crash the economy of Myopia. Prove me wrong!"
Well, if it did not happen, it is impossible to be proven wrong. This is the fallacy of the double negative. Yet they will crow that since they can not be proven wrong, they must be right.
Now you and I have agreed sometimes, and disagreed on others. But if you notice one thing I consistently challenge people is to validate their own sources. If you say something is true, well it is not up to me to prove you to be false, it is up to you to prove yourself to be correct.
There is another thread you and I are involved in that started as a WWIII thread but got sidetracked into something else. Now do I really care about the conspiracy theory being discussed?
No, not really. I only got involved as a neutral third party trying to correct some bogus information somebody started to spew, and things got out of hand. But notice, I am giving actual information that is either referenced, or easy to validate. Ask people who deal in international finance how currency exchanges actually work. Or look up the terms used, especially if you have never heard of them before. Two recent ones I used that are foreign to most are "Fungible" and "Dollarization". These are real terms, and I actually
encourage people to look them up and try to understand what they mean.
Yes, I actually encourage people to double check me, my information, and my sources. I invite people to question me, in the hopes that they will learn how to do real research, and make up their minds for themselves. Not just accept anything I say as being true. I say do not take anybody at face value, question and do research. Do not even take me at face value, question what I say and make up your own mind.
This is diametrically opposed to the majority of Conspiracy Theorists. They see any questioning of their beliefs as an attack. Myself, I really could not care less. Believe anything you want to believe, it is your mind and your life. But if I am involved and somebody spews incorrect information,
even if it is something I agree with, I will call them on it.
My only real interest is in accuracy and in being as impartial and neutral as possible. The actual issue? 9 times out of 10 I am ambivalent to the topic itself.
Now if say a certain "sad" individual could ever produce factual documentation to back up his claims about secret government collusion with another nation, I would probably admit I was wrong and admit they were right. But without such actual proof, that is just conspiracy theory and therefore is nonsense as far as I can see. Until and unless actual proof is presented.
