reply to post by Boone 870
First off - I recognize that posting is a hassle in that you sometimes can't help but 'speed read' things through and end up realizing later that
you didn't catch an error or misread something earlier - I am guilty of this, and I think many can relate. Also, my 'brainchild' idea to
enumerate topics turned out to be kludgey because you don't want to quote a partial quote of a partial quote so sometimes you answer something and
the readers only reaction can be - huh? Sorry I got us in this convoluted exchange. But - the spirit is willing - so I'll move on:
My point about the made for TV movie was just meant to encourage a discussion about how 'eager' the media was to capitalize on this event, and how
'willingly' the DHS was to cooperate. Yet there seems no real concern about the groups of people (nut-cases some called them) to decry a
dramatization of the event without 'full disclosure'. That was one of the 'expected' topics to arise from the 'shoot down
theory'. You
have asked who objected, and what were their objections. But why litter this thread with links and verbiage you will simply discount as cherry
picking and unacceptable? I would rather we could stipulate that you accept there are those with whose objections you disagree and move on to a more
logic-based approach to this argument.
After all, some have already posted other sources and links that address that very question, certainly there is no room here for more of the same. I
suppose there might be some magical post out there that holds the single point of fact or evidence that might make you think about reconsidering your
seemingly rock-solid acceptance that the plane wasn't shot down, but I know you doubt that, and so do I (if only for a different reason).
...no witness of the crash, or the crash scene, has stated their expertise in deciphering the difference between a normal crash and a
shootdown"
That's a trap - how many witness of the crash were there (or the crash scene)? is one question; 'their expertise in deciphering the difference
between a normal crash and a shootdown' is an entirely different matter. Crash scene witnesses are all we have to go on, no? I won't revisit your
recent exchanges where you basically extol the right to include and exclude whatever information you see fit (I heard that was called
'cherry-picking') but I can tell you - if you stand firmly behind that practice then you are purposefully wasting my time and avoiding the intent
of this post. I am hoping I am not getting a clear reading of your rational behind 'picking' and 'choosing.' This is a vitally important point
to me because I believe I have honored your objections to the post both as honorably and respectfully as anyone should be required. I want some of
that respect back. Or I will have no choice but to exclude you from 'my little world' via the ignore button - nothing personal, but I'm not here to
play sophist.
Why do you use the press instead of the NTSB data?
Very valid question, but misleading. I use both - I also use common sense, common knowledge, informed opinion, speculative reasoning, as well as
inductive and deductive logic. I may be no master of the art, and I may make bad assumptions. I may also suffer from flawed information, or even
prejudicial bias. But I don't claim that I can be master of what's relevant and what isn't. Relevancy is self evident (just like ignorance).
In fact, if you are claiming that the NTSB data is the source or your position, I have a number of questions that until now, you and others seem
unwilling to discuss. Usually, the questions are rebuked because I, and others who raise similar questions, are not 'experts'.
Let me know if you want to take that direction. I will gladly oblige, especially if there's a chance you are actually going to contribute something
substantive to the 'theory' regarding the debris field, and what was found where.
There is nothing contradictory about the FDR. There are a few witnesses that contradict the altitude of the airplane. None of them mention a
shootdown.
Why does that seem like a knee-jerk statement? Perhaps the 'contradictory' part of the phrase is catching me up. I didn't expect the FDR to
contradict itself. The data is however continually being questioned and certain physical claims don't coincide with the 'interpretation' provided
by the 'experts'. Perhaps none of those 'questioners' claim shoot down - but then, are you so sure? Some of the above provided links indicate
that there
was some questions about the nature of the crash which
did beg the question. But I have to give you the mark on this -
because none of them would even publicly entertain questions of that nature.
You have said that you know why the pilots for 9/11 truth did not use the alleged* Sturtz claim as part of their position statement. Is it because he
disagreed? Is it because they feared that the 'expert' witness of an event proclaimed to have no witnesses would blast their position out of the
water? I think you might be overestimating Farmer Brown's value as a witness, Isn't that my job?
Thanks for sticking with this. Take care.
* I say alleged because the reporter didn't quote him. A minor point, know, but I can't help but wonder why not.
We, you and I, for the purposes of this debate, need to come to some agreement on how I intended to apply the word 'theory' or each of us can twist
and manipulate the argument int a colossal waste of effort (but I just know there are those who would make that claim already.)