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Logical

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44. I can find thousands that will say the hijackers did it. You....
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 05:17 PM
Jan 2012

Are living in a world where facts do not matter. Building 7 colkasped from fires! That is all!
People love conspiricys! They are more fun than the truth!
JFK, moon landing, 911, 2012, etc. all the same!

logical fallacy n/t ottobahn Dec 2011 #1
What logical fallacy? cpwm17 Dec 2011 #4
the logical fallacy of argumentum e silentio (argument from silence) stockholmer Aug 2012 #102
The OP's argument is legitimate. cpwm17 Aug 2012 #105
Well I see that you're not going to be able to ever respond cpwm17 Aug 2012 #107
Wow... Stockholmer got canned. Quantess Aug 2012 #111
I believe it was for accusing the wrong country in a BS Kennedy assassination theory... cpwm17 Aug 2012 #112
LOL......that was a very detailed answer. Thanks! Logical Dec 2011 #2
Do you think Homeopathy is a scam? n/t ottobahn Dec 2011 #3
Yes, most of it. I saw a guy, at a speech, take a whole bottle of "GNC" sleeping pills before the... Logical Dec 2011 #5
So if you believe homeopathy is a scam, ottobahn Dec 2011 #6
You do not think I can find consumers of Homeopathy who say it is a scam? Seriously? Logical Dec 2011 #7
I'm talking people involved with it that would know it was a scam, not ottobahn Dec 2011 #8
The difference is that....... Logical Dec 2011 #11
But if Homeopathy is a scam, there's got to be scammers involved ottobahn Dec 2011 #14
There's no comparison to potential 9-11 conspirators cpwm17 Dec 2011 #17
If homeopathy is out in the open, seems more easy to out those who would know it's a scam. ottobahn Dec 2011 #18
how could anyone PROVE that homeopathy is a scam? OnTheOtherHand Dec 2011 #21
Not a scam as in ripping people off. A scam in it does not work. Logical Dec 2011 #19
It's not the same thing. Homeopathy can rely on the placebo effect. chrisa Jan 2012 #38
I know BlueMidwest Mar 2012 #63
That was James Randi n/t chrisa Jan 2012 #37
Yes it was!! n-t Logical Jan 2012 #39
I don't think there's much doubt that additional people were involved who have not been revealed. eomer Dec 2011 #9
So you do not think the whole 9/11 inside job would have taken 100s of people? Logical Dec 2011 #10
I'm not sure what you mean by "the whole 9/11 inside job". eomer Dec 2011 #12
My point is that someone would come forward at some point. If people..... Logical Dec 2011 #13
OK, so there are some specific scenarios that you think would require hundreds. eomer Dec 2011 #15
Neither has anyone involved with the 200+ yr old homeopathy 'scam' ottobahn Dec 2011 #16
A scam in that it does not work. Maybe a placebo effect but that is it. Logical Dec 2011 #20
Why not hire international terrorist Politicalboi Mar 2012 #56
This message was self-deleted by its author wildbilln864 Dec 2011 #22
I was originally brought to this thread by jury Riftaxe Dec 2011 #23
A couple of thoughts on "why there is yet no proof". eomer Dec 2011 #24
And the fact that Politicalboi Mar 2012 #57
the answers would probably depend on the allegations OnTheOtherHand Dec 2011 #25
The thing that would prevent that scenario in my mind Riftaxe Jan 2012 #31
I haven't seen any good reason to believe CD OnTheOtherHand Jan 2012 #32
So squibs 30 stories below Politicalboi Mar 2012 #58
Why in the world would someone alert this OP? Logical Dec 2011 #26
Not the OP, post #22. Make7 Dec 2011 #27
yeah, I got called to jury on this post too. zappaman Dec 2011 #28
OK, thanks!! Logical Dec 2011 #29
so sorry for all the trouble. wildbilln864 Jan 2012 #30
Also, bin Laden said he did not do it 4dog Jan 2012 #33
Osama wasn't a big fan of dying cpwm17 Jan 2012 #34
'OBL wasn't a big fan of dying' gyroscope Jan 2012 #40
Nothing that he said denied his actual role in the attack. n/t Bolo Boffin Jan 2012 #35
This sounds to me like a denial: 4dog Jan 2012 #36
Why would anyone ever admit to mass murder? gyroscope Jan 2012 #41
The conspiracy people say no one knew the whole plan. So maybe a underling would realize they.... Logical Jan 2012 #42
Yeah right gyroscope Jan 2012 #43
I can find thousands that will say the hijackers did it. You.... Logical Jan 2012 #44
you left out birthers. zappaman Jan 2012 #45
Great point! Fiction is more fun! Logical Jan 2012 #46
Keep beating that strawman to death gyroscope Jan 2012 #48
Keep living in fantasyland gyroscope Jan 2012 #47
LOL......yes, because the world will end in 2012 and JFK is still alive in a hospital wing!! Logical Jan 2012 #49
with ELVIS! BobbyBoring Feb 2012 #50
Don't forget Tupac n/t RZM Feb 2012 #53
"Building 7 colkasped from fires!" stockholmer Aug 2012 #101
That's the conclusion of the scientists and engineers that studied the collapse. cpwm17 Aug 2012 #106
It is obvious 9/11 was not carried out by anyone but the 16 hijackers. Politicalboi Mar 2012 #59
There were 19 hijackers zappaman Mar 2012 #60
So, You've talked to every person in the world and came to this conclusion? Ghost in the Machine Feb 2012 #51
really, that is interesting! Celebration Feb 2012 #52
maybe it was the team that did the tight rope walk years ago. Maybe this was a ten year plan. They earcandle Feb 2012 #54
Because with this crowd Politicalboi Mar 2012 #55
a little context Shagman Mar 2012 #61
Duh! Many mobsters have written books! People leaked the Manhattan Project! The... Logical Mar 2012 #64
another source Shagman Jun 2012 #89
Excellent link, thank you. dougolat Sep 2012 #115
aagreed BlueMidwest Mar 2012 #62
no one owned up yet Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2012 #65
Again. Why would anyone ever admit to being part of a mass murder? gyroscope May 2012 #66
You keep asking this paired set of rhetorical questions as if it means anythings or proves something apocalypsehow May 2012 #67
You wish gyroscope May 2012 #68
I "wish" nothing, for the facts are on my side, not yours. It really is that simple. n/t. apocalypsehow May 2012 #70
You have offered no facts gyroscope May 2012 #74
Uh-huh. n/t. apocalypsehow May 2012 #85
Why not a deathbed confession? nt hack89 May 2012 #71
You been watching too many Hollywood movies gyroscope May 2012 #73
That's funny - massive secret government conspiracies are a staple of Hollywood movies hack89 May 2012 #77
Who would they confess to? gyroscope May 2012 #76
Top 10 deathbed confession hack89 May 2012 #78
Meaningless speculation gyroscope May 2012 #80
Too funny! zappaman May 2012 #82
And in your world gyroscope May 2012 #83
No, in my world zappaman May 2012 #84
You just broke my irony meter hack89 May 2012 #86
I agree SoutherDem May 2012 #69
You watch a lot of movies? gyroscope May 2012 #75
Why? SoutherDem May 2012 #79
You can speculate about deathbed confessions until the cows come home gyroscope May 2012 #81
How many are dead Why Syzygy May 2012 #72
But there are plenty of witnesses... deadinsider May 2012 #87
And more... deadinsider May 2012 #88
No one who's still alive. Eddie Haskell Jul 2012 #90
Proof Positive of an Insider coming Forward!... Indi Guy Aug 2012 #91
Why would it have taken "100s" or "1000s" to "pull off"? R.A.R Aug 2012 #92
Yes, you're right! Frank_Norris_Lives Aug 2012 #93
A person could probably find a quote to support, or deny, anything. R.A.R Aug 2012 #95
Hmmmmm.....I was thinking.... Frank_Norris_Lives Aug 2012 #96
"too many things worked in favor of the hijackers for coincidence" R.A.R Aug 2012 #109
I can think of these coincidences without digging too far... Frank_Norris_Lives Aug 2012 #110
+100000000 It is all about compartmentalisation, For instance, Able Danger, IMHO was patsy control, stockholmer Aug 2012 #100
How about if we call it...... Frank_Norris_Lives Aug 2012 #113
A person who would state that "100s" or "1000s" would be required, hasn't given it much thought. R.A.R Aug 2012 #94
OK, then here's your chance to give a plausible explanation on how 9-11 went down. cpwm17 Aug 2012 #97
Ok! Let me creatively speculate that..... Frank_Norris_Lives Aug 2012 #98
You make vague assertions cpwm17 Aug 2012 #99
Look at the Iran-Contra affair..... Frank_Norris_Lives Aug 2012 #103
Still Iran-Contra was exposed cpwm17 Aug 2012 #104
Still, it was exposed by accident... Frank_Norris_Lives Aug 2012 #108
It is this simple regarding 9/11...NO ONE has ever came forward and said 'I was part of it!".... Indi Guy Sep 2012 #114
LIHOP... PopeOxycontinI Sep 2012 #116
It wouldn't take 100's or 1000's, just PNAC and crew and a death pledge Politicalboi Sep 2012 #117
Lance Armstrong makes the case, I think. BB1 Oct 2012 #118
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