The Building Imploded Wrong

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Over the past few days I've been listening to theories that 9/11 didn't really happen, or that the government did it on purpose.

I have never truly been into conspiracy theories. I can't believe that so many lives would be lost for the love of money, but that's what a number of people are proposing. The Internet is filled with stories about how the World Trade Centers wouldn't just implode simply because a plane ran into the buildings. "A building doesn't just fall that way!" one lady screamed.

How were they supposed to fall? Up?

One nut-job being interviewed went as far as saying that the planes didn't actually hit the buildings, instead it was a computer simulation that made us all watching believe that there really were planes. I hate to shoot holes in that one, but were the passengers who lost their lives imaginary too?

It goes back years and years - were there more shooters involved in the JFK assassination? Is Elvis really alive? Did the mafia kill Marilyn Monroe? Was OJ simply setup by cops who hate blacks?

The events of 9/11 are painful enough without all of these crazy theories. I certainly can't be accused of believing in each and everything our government does - particularly through the past eight years - but murdering that many people? Breaking so many hearts?

The idea of such a vast conspiracy can't be true - can it?

Look it all up on the Internet - there is unbelievable documentation for anything and everything you might want to believe.

I think it's a disservice to those who lost their lives to even imagine that it was an inside job.

Comments

AlexanderPaul said…
I can understand where you're coming from with respect for those that lost their lives. However, in my opinion, it would show even less respect to not fully investigate the cause of these incidents.

I've recently done much research and pondering on this topic, as well. Check out some conspiracy theories on YouTube. Some of them are actually reasonably credible.
27 May, 2008
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