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Title: MECHANICAL ENGINEER: WTC 'PANCAKE COLLAPSE' WOULD HAVE TAKEN 96 SECONDS, NOT 10
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URL Source: http://janedoe0911.tripod.com/BilliardBalls.html
Published: Mar 6, 2006
Author: Judy Wood, Phd
Post Date: 2006-03-06 03:40:40 by valis
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Keywords: MECHANICAL, ENGINEER:, COLLAPSE
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Comments: 18
"...To illustrate the timing for this domino effect, we will use a sequence of falling billiard balls, where each billiard ball triggers the release of the next billiard ball in the sequence. This assumes pulverization is instantaneous and does not slow down the process. It reality, this pulverization would slow down the “pancake” progression, so longer times would be expected." 
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#2. To: valis (#0)
Vincent Bugliosi quite correctly described the belief in conspiracies as "poison." It'll obssess and ruin a person's life. Example: Bush was behind 9-11, 1000 Jews didn't show up for work, the planes were remote-controlled, there were no Arabs on board, there were bombs in the towers. People who believe in these things are going to end up just like the loons who for the last 40 years have been trying to prove there were three shooters who assassinated Kennedy. I've met them. 25 books, a stack of papers four feet high...and they've wasted their lives.
#3. To: YertleTurtle (#2)
People who automatically trust their government totally and completely will one day find out they've been had. That's why you have a mind capable of independent thought. Some, like you, apparently don't use it. Cognitive dissonance is a tough thing for simple minds to overcome.
I agree with what you say, "People who believe in these things ...waste their lives." And lose their country and their freedom.
It seems to me skepticism, even if eventually shown conclusively to be incorrect, is far better than blind acceptance. Skepticism is the fire and anvil on which truth is forged and finally tested. You might even say that without skeptisism, there IS no truth. It is an individual's right, sometimes duty, and potential existential quest to tilt at windmills. The Antigone is fine by me !
Seeking the truth is never a waste of either time or money. We know from both common sense and massive amounts of evidence, that Lee Harvey Oswald was not the sole shooter (if indeed he shot at all) of John F. Kennedy. Now exactly what happened, how many people were involved, or how deeply this went both within and without the govt - I don't know. There are many theories, many of which sound plausible. The basic problem here is that we KNOW that the government lied to us and covered this up - for whatever reasons, we can speculate. The government lies to us CONSTANTLY about many issues, and has probably as long as we've had a govt. I think most, if not all, governments lie for various reasons. It is the GOVERNMENT'S OBVIOUS LYING about these and many other events that prompt and fuel the need for independent investigation that results in "conspiracy" theories. By definition, any act that involves more than one person, and which is kept secret, is a conspiracy. The Govt theory of 9/11 is a conspiracy theory. So, perhaps I am misunderstanding your point - are you saying we should simply accept the government's theories of whatever happened, regardless of how plausible it sounds or whatever the science or facts that contradict said theory, in the interest of "saving time"? What happens to the truth then?
No they didn't. Most were paid by the CIA as disinfo artists, the few others actually were reporting the truth. Just like now with 9/11, the CIA is hard at work on the disinfo campaign in a vain attempt to keep the truth from getting out and being accepted. It works, the CIA has excellent propaganda artists, they put the Russians to shame. You can believe people waste their lives trying to get the truth out if you want, but it is actually people like you that are wasting your life by not giving a damn. If you don't live for some meaningful purpose, then why live it at all?
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#5. To: YertleTurtle (#2)
Example: bin Laden was behind 911 from a cave in afghanistan, an airplane brought down the entire WTC complex including WTC7, the black boxes weren't found but Atta's passport was intact 4 blocks away, There were WMD's in Iraq, Saddam was behind 911...ad nauseum...
#6. To: YertleTurtle (#2)
I've met them. 25 books, a stack of papers four feet high...and they've wasted their lives.
#9. To: YertleTurtle, all (#2)
#16. To: YertleTurtle (#2)
I've met them. 25 books, a stack of papers four feet high...and they've wasted their lives.
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