I don't really have a problem with conspiracy theories -- I find it entirely plausible that the US govt let 9/11 happen, for example -- but a lot of the 9/11 theorists are full of shit. Some of their arguments are just chock full of logical fallacies, not to mention silly. This (http://www.counterpunch.org/johnstone09152006.html) offers some good counter-arguments for some of the more common arguments, though not of anything posted in the piece above, I don't think.
What really bugs me is how most people are so dismissive of even the possibility of a conspiracy. It's not like there haven't been actual conspiracies before! I mean, even if a theory is proven false, it's always worth analyzing. I just ask that the analysis be rational.
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I don't really have a problem with conspiracy theories -- I find it entirely plausible that the US govt let 9/11 happen, for example -- but a lot of the 9/11 theorists are full of shit. Some of their arguments are just chock full of logical fallacies, not to mention silly. This (http://www.counterpunch.org/johnstone09152006.html) offers some good counter-arguments for some of the more common arguments, though not of anything posted in the piece above, I don't think.
What really bugs me is how most people are so dismissive of even the possibility of a conspiracy. It's not like there haven't been actual conspiracies before! I mean, even if a theory is proven false, it's always worth analyzing. I just ask that the analysis be rational.