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cpwm17

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9. The contradictory claims are truther strawmen
Sun Dec 18, 2011, 01:42 PM
Dec 2011

Last edited Thu Dec 22, 2011, 12:32 AM - Edit history (1)

WTC7 didn't all collapse at once. The collapse went east to west, and then the shell fell last:



Any explosive capable of taking WTC7 down would be so loud that it could be heard many miles away. It would be deafening. No such sounds are heard in any of the collapsing videos, or was heard by the witnesses.

You don't understand how massive the energy release was when the buildings collapsed - massive potential energy was transferred into kinetic energy. That caused the dust clouds when the buildings collapsed. If there were "pyroclastic-like clouds" anyone overtaken would have been fried. This massive energy release was also responsible for the messy collapse of the towers, not silent explosives.

The more massive an object, the more difficult it is to tip over. All of the buildings fell in the direction of least resistance: more or less downward in the direction of gravity. None of the buildings fell onto their footprints, though WTC7 came close. The top section of the North Tower tilted heavily when the collapse started, before the tower underneath it completely gave way.

You say there was foreknowledge of collapse by the media, NYPD, and the FDNY. Are you claiming that the firefighters are in on it? That would mean the firefighters are responsible for mass-murder against their fellow firefighters - that's crazy. The firefighters knew WTC7 was going to collapse because they saw the damage, and they knew there was no way for them to put out the large fires started by the collapsing North Tower:


Here's a video of some of the damage and the huge fires in WTC7:


You didn't respond to the evidence presented in my last comment.
9/11 Theories: Expert vs. EXpert [View all] Richard Charnin Dec 2011 OP
I certainly hope you have contributed to this very important cause! zappaman Dec 2011 #1
I have contributed...by posting the video. Richard Charnin Dec 2011 #2
uh zappaman Dec 2011 #3
But you have still not specifically addressed the "bits and pieces..nt Richard Charnin Dec 2011 #4
There was a lot of BS there cpwm17 Dec 2011 #6
The contradictory claims were made by the defenders of the official conspiracy theory. Richard Charnin Dec 2011 #7
Acutally Bolo Boffin has done a nice job in the past... AZCat Dec 2011 #8
The contradictory claims are truther strawmen cpwm17 Dec 2011 #9
No need for me to respond. Richard Charnin Dec 2011 #11
I'm not sure why you think architects and engineers... AZCat Dec 2011 #14
NIST's Twin Towers report is only half a report. Ace Acme Oct 2013 #21
"No need for me to respond." Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #15
You complained when zappaman didn't respond to the alledged evidence in your truther video cpwm17 Dec 2011 #16
Richard Gage is lying to you William Seger Dec 2011 #10
Are 1643 architects and engineers and thousands of others lying also? nt Richard Charnin Dec 2011 #12
You guys just had a White House petition that only hit 111! Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #13
Apparently, Gage can be fairly convincing... William Seger Dec 2011 #17
Once upon a time the entire college of cardinals Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2011 #19
Thanks. That's a good debunking of goofball NIST "evidence" (nt) T S Justly Dec 2011 #5
Do you apply the same rigorous standards of inquiry... SidDithers Dec 2011 #18
Thank you for posting this video! wildbilln864 Dec 2011 #20
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