malibu wrote: > tadchem wrote: > > "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" was a fraud > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion > > http://ddickerson.igc.org/protocols.html > > http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mzionprotocol.html > > http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoaxorum/hoaxorum1869.html > > > > The fraud was proven by identifying the sources used by the plagiarist > > in 1921, but there are *still* those who believe it because it > > justifies their racial hatred. > > > > Of course, like the 'Protocols', the 9/11 conspiracy hoax will be > > embraced by those whose will to believe something that justifies their > > irrational prejuduces exceeds their will to understand the implications > > of rational data. > > > > As can be expected, there is a lot of overlap between the hateful > > racists of the antisemitic groups and the delusional paranoids involved > > in the 9/11 conspiracy theories. > > > > Tom Davidson > > Richmond, VA > > There were many people who reported > numerous explosions in the WTC buildings. > When the firefighters arrived all the ground > floor windows had been blown out. > There were explosions in the sub-basement floors > as reported by severely-injured caretakers who > came up from there and by > firefighters on the scene. > > Seismic records substantiate these claims. > > Isn't 'delusional paranoia' a little less > substantive than that? > > Maybe you should actually *look* > at the data- I know as a physicist you've kinda > gotten away from that mindset.
One should not confuse clergymen with physicists. Anyone who observes a building freefall into itself and deny a controlled demolition can never be called a physicist. > John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list