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"I'm just not smart enough or qualified to know for sure, lets talk to an expert in that field."
"I just read the NIST report. Here is my expert analysis of why page x, paragraph y is wrong."
"I know that's what it looks like, but I'd like to see an analysis".
"This is very important, I'm going to take my analysis to the (police/mainstream media/insurance companies/etc), instead of just anonymously posting on an Internet forum."
"Ask Questions, Research for Answers."
"Yeah, coincidences do happen." – DavidJames
"I'm sorry."
"When you put it that way, it does sound a little silly."
"Whoa... I just checked the date on this BBC article. It's over FIVE years old! Good thing I caught that before I posted it... that would have been embarassing."
"So me and my buddies were camping last weekend. Just for laughs, I tossed a beer can into the fire when no one was looking. A couple seconds later it went off like a hand grenade and everyone else shat themselves while I laughed my ass off. What!? Are you thick or something? I said LIKE a hand grenade. Stop overreacting, you're making a fool of yourself." – Sword_Of_Truth
"Maybe I should look further by studying the science and not just reading what fellow conspiracy theorists tell me."
"Holy Crap! American Free Press is full of anti-semtic gibberish! Maybe I should stop using it as source material."
"Gosh! Offfice fires really can get hot. Wow!"
"You mean someone can actually dislike Bush and still think that my 911 theories are junk? I did not know that was possible! I'll have to stop accusing everyone who points out the gaping holes in my theories of being 'neo-con Bush lovers!!'"
"I guess WTC7 isn't such a big mystery after all. Thank you engineers of the world."
"My physics degree really doesn't qualify me to make engineering judgements." – kookbreaker
"Metaphors, similes, and colloquialisms shouldn't be taken literally."
"Hey librarian, could you tell me where to find the peer reviewed journals?"
"Having actually contacted the eyewitnesses to see what the meant when they said "I heard explosions"..." – jskowron
"Muslim extremists did it"
"My sincere apologies madam McClatchey."
"I'm letting my hatred of Bush get the better of me."
"I confess, I don't know what the hell I'm talking about."
"I've been wrong 280 times? Really? Geez, I must think next time before I post!"
"My intent is always to discuss and learn." – Pardalis
"Maybe a structural engineer has a better grasp on how a building would collapse than Charlie Sheen would." – Donal
"Let me put that quote into proper context."
"Who brought up Northwood in the first place?" – Bell
"Now that you have defeated one of my arguments, I will be sure to not use that argument again as though nothing ever happened."
"I'd like to stick to solid numbers and math instead of just personal incredulity." – Taarkin
"I'm taking all of this undisputed evidence of an inside job to the authorities!"
"Media reports from the day after the attacks shouldn't be quoted as gospel." – realitybites
"Asking questions alone is meaningless. Here's my theory about what happened on 9/11." – John Blonn
"I apologize to everyone I falsely accused of complicity in mass murder. I've been an irresponsible assh*le."
"What a BUCKET OF PUS that Alex Jones is!"
"The voices...they've stopped." – Perry Logan
"S**t happens."
"Never attribute to evil intentions that which can readily be explained by ignorance, stupidity, or ineptitude."
"Large group dynamics are so complex, it's ridiculous to think that anyone's in control at the top."
"What would we do without our experts and political leaders?"
"I'm going with the simpler hypothesis."
"There's a very good chance that the fact I'm surrounded by assorted kooks and moonbats means I'm one, too."
"That's pretty conclusive evidence. What a relief! I hated the thought that Bush might be a devil-worshipping illuminatus!"
"We intentionally left errors in our movie because we have to ride out this fifteen minutes while we can, and we don't care about the truth."
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you realize what an idiot you've been."
"I need help."
"Vote for change!" – Chipmunk Stew
"If I'm ever arrested for a serious crime, I sure hope the prosecutor uses the same standards of evidence that I do!"
"I followed up on all that evidence you presented the other day. Here's what I found...."
"Here's a list of buildings that were demolished with explosives after being heavily damaged and burning for hours."
"It's also important to read the footnotes."
"Remember that the Executive Summaries are only summaries. The meat of the evidence is in the other 9,500 pages."
"In the rest of my first post here I'd like to lay out for you exactly what I think happened before and during 9/11. I hope you'll bear with me...this is going to take a while!" – Gravy
"You know, it is entirely possible that people who disagree with us may honestly believe that, they are probably not all paid CIA agents." – JamesB
"I do think 9/11 was an inside job, but the JFK assassination was a lone gunman, and the moon landings were obviously real."
"My parents are really proud of me."
"I'm thankful to live in a country that allows me to fully express my own beliefs about 9/11."
"I don't have any background in explosives/physics/aviation/construction, so I'll defer to the judgment of people who've studied it their whole lives."
"I'm sorry that you disagree with my 9/11 evidence, but I respect your right to have a differing opinion."
"Whew! I'm so busy, I don't have free time for anything!"
"Before I post this conspiracy question on an Internet forum, maybe I should do a web search to see if it's been addressed already."
"This is the first really crazy thing I've ever believed."
"I am over the age of 24, I don't have a radio show, I'm not a tenured professor, and my psychologist says I'm perfectly healthy."
"Furthermore, I realize that 'victims list' and 'flight manifest' are not the same thing, and I promise never to represent one as the other." – Triterope
"It's not enough to just watch videos. I suggest reading this book."
"If a Muslim fanatic ever pulled a boxcutter on me, I'd probably soil my pants and beg for mercy."
"Oh, Airfones? Never mind."
"Isn't that rather insulting to the families of the passengers?"
"Why don't we travel to the Middle East and get some of these supposed hijackers who are still alive on videotape?" – Brainster
"That's too crazy to believe..." – Blutarsky
"I'm proud to accept the Nobel Prize in Physics." – snagswolf
"I suppose the phrase 'pull it' could have more than one possible interpretation." – shuize
"Well, if you take the basic kinematic equations and plug in the mass and velocity of the jet..."
"You know, maybe shouting through a megaphone at Ground Zero on 9/11 isn't the best way to attract people to our movement."
"Maybe I should figure out what thermite and thermate are before I talk about them so much."
"Maybe there are some federal agents who aren't two-dimensional villians from a Steven Segal movie." – delphi_ote
"I have a hypothesis."
"...but then again, he knows more than I do."
"To be fair, that quote is taken out of context."
"Let's not jump to conclusions..."
"Wow, this NIST report is comprehensive!"
"Wow, these NIST guys sure are compentent."
"The FBI, the CIA, the SEC, FEMA, NIST, 3 police departments, 3 fire departments, 3 massive cleanup crews, all the DNA labs, and the 9/11 commission is actually more than one organization."
"The reason the story has changed is because new facts have come to light."
"The reason the story has changed is because they've had more time to investigate deeper."
"Yea, it is probably ridiclous to assume that first responders could tell the difference between molten steel and molten aluminum." – Anti-Sophist
"Women with opinions should be treated as individuals not judged as contestants in The Hawaiian Tropics Bikini contest."
"What have we accomplished again?" –Abbyas
"The Matrix, and V are just movies, not documentaries!"
"le׳xayeem, or לְחַיִּים! Hebrew for cheers!" – Dog Town
"Oh? The Pentagon lawn IS littered with aircraft parts? Well, that certainly suggests an aircraft hit."
"Oh? The just because a CCTV cam is in line of sight of the Pentagon, it needs not record the Pentagon? Well, I guess that makes sense."
"Oh? The CCTV cam had a 2 pics per second framerate? Well, that does explain why there are might be no good frames of the aircraft."
"Yes, when we extrapolate from the hole in the wall to the light poles, it is consistent with a large aricraft approaching at a flat angle and low altitude. I guess we can't take the FDR altimeter readings at face value, then."
"Yes, I realize that officials did not have to cancel travels on 9/11 if they were in on it. They'd have known which planes to avoid. Or they wouldn't have booked them in the first place."
"No, I agree that the fireball is not consistent with a HE missile warhead."
"This site is temporarily down for updating. We were removing a lot of claims that were shredded by skeptics, and we realized that the rest were also not too well-founded. The site will be back up ASAP with those claims we can support with solid and unrefuted evidence." And same site, a month later:
"This site has been taken down permanently because it turned out none of the information on it could be supported. Thank you for your interest." – MRC_Hans
"Actually, I suppose you're right: first responders, and eye witnesses to a mass catastrophe will have conflicting and confusing accounts of what occured, and may not fully understand what's going on." – 8den
"Really?" – peephole