Why do 9/11 conspiracists actually bother?
913342
The same reason we heard FDR bombed Pearl Harbor, fake moon landing, Holocaust was a hoax, Mafia and/or Castro killed JFK, Area 51 reverse engineering of Roswell UFO, and that fossils were a conspiracy propagated by paleontologists.  There's always the feeble minded that will believe anything.  Look at the high percentage of the world (80%) who take as gospel the idea of a supernatural entity without a shred of evidence.
789014
Because they think a person can talk to the terrorists and change their minds....\nNow isn't that an oxymoronic thing to think!
882525
I think that's what provoked the US to begin with, 9-11.   Radical Islamic terrorists do not care about little details like families.
1058715
People who start, believe in or foster conspiracy theories are dopes!\n\nWhy not use your brainpower to follow an original and constructive line of thought?
531596
why? because the cia is doing something else right now. when the elitists need to engineer another signifigant event to facilitate and accelerate their agenda then maybe it will be another one. oh by the way when you say "terrorist" what defines that term? read the patriot act- THE WHOLE THING- then your breakfast will taste sh$%ty in the morning when it defines "terrorist" and "terrorism"
626641
Because people hate being told a lie. The notion that there is some age old cover up is unnerving. Thats why there is so much interest in conspiracies involving the United States, such as the events of 9/11 or JFK's assasination. As painful as the truth could be, a lie seems to hurt much more. People, especially Christians, are looking to see if there is any truth to the story, which is why the phenomenon has gone global.
794205
If 9/11 was what many suspect it to have been,then the Axe needs to fall.  It rarely does, however, as we seem to be cursed with the JFK syndrome of believing the public can't stand to hear the truth.  Those that run things have a cynical view of humanity, and they don't seem to care about us at all.
69110
I never thought I'd be one of "those people" who believed in who believed in some far-out "conspiracy theory."  Yet, here I am ... on the other side.  And now it is so frustrating.  No "mainstream" media or establishment will touch or entertain the thought that it wasn't terrorists who orchestrated the destruction on 9/11.  And as I now write and can imagine others who read this and "dis" this idea as one of those idotic conspiracy theories, I can only think, "been there, done that."  Yeh, I've "dissed" all those people as loonies.  So, for right now it seems quite lonely because it's hard to hang one's hat on anything tangible ... there's no place to go with these new thoughts in my head.\nOkay, I'm a democrat, but people, this goes beyond politics.  This is about being mislead by some organization within our own borders!  Sure, like everyone else, on 9/11 it was obvious that it was us Americans against some foreign enemy.  We were all united.  Why can't everyone be convinced that our real enemy is not across the sea, but operates within our own country, and for some reason created 9/11 in order to obtain their greedy and misguided objectives?
801675
Dude -- people who embrace conspiracy theories are a few french fries short of a Happy Meal. They have a tendency toward a paranoid interpretation of life, and so constantly believe that someone is out to "get them." Never quite knowing who "they" are, conspiracy theorists latch on to the only thing big enough to satisfy their delusions -- government.\n\nThe CIA killed Kennedy.\nThe CIA killed Jim Jones.\nThe CIA faked the moon landings.\nThe CIA is responsible for 911.\n\nAnd on and on and on we go, right down the rabbit hole after Alice.\n\nThere's no use arguing with these people. There's no use in trying to make sense of them. They cannot bring themselves to accept facts head on, because THEN they would have to accept that the bad things that happen in their lives wasn't the fault of the CIA, it was probably their fault. And sometimes other things don't have simple explanations because life is flat-out complicated. And they don't have the courage or sophistication to accept either of those propositions. It's soooo much easier to blame "The Man."\n\nI feel your pain. Cheers, mate.
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Yes, I do.  It's very sobering to become a sceptical person about our government and to realize that they would knowingly condone this heinous act of murder.\nI once was one who believed that Al-Qaeda was soley behind 9/11.  Then about 2 months ago my wife brought home a DVD that reexamined all the evidence about how the WTC buildings collapsed, and it also showed a lot about the Pentagon attack.  Yes, I once was a person who thought that all these "conspiracy theorists" were just a bunch of nut cakes.  But, again, the physical evidence about what happened is quite shocking. \nThe web page below contains a lot of technical articles.  It is also easy to find other web sites that present a lot of information.  If you go to an "official" web site about 9/11, it's interesting to see how they side-step the hard questions that are being presented and cannot be sufficiently answered by jets simply crashing into buildings.\nSo, what does all of this mean?  We, the American public, have been duped.  But, what does that really change?  Has any of our personal lives really changed all that much?  How much of a difference does it personally make to us if it was Al-Qaeda or our own government that murdered innocent American lives?\nAnd so, we go on.  We live each day.  I ask myself what can I possibly do to get the truth out?  Being on the other side, one of the "conspiracy" nuts, is hard .. it's hard because no one wants to believe you.
701766
There are now hundreds of thousands of names that you could add to the list, and more each day.\nAs people are becoming more disenamoured with the present government, they are becoming more prepared to make a better study of the events of 9/11.\nOnce they become truly aware of the facts, it becomes obvious that the government is guilty of a cover-up
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No "Paul I", those people are not crazy.  In fact, they represent a growing consensus about what happened on 9/11.  They are  brave people who have enough courage to question our governments white wash of the attack.\n\nMost all the evidence that is available to us, show that the WTC buildings were rigged with explosives. Our own government had motive as was well as an opportunity to do this crime. Here is the evidence, presented for your scrutiny. \n\nFAKE CONFESSION\nThe official government story is that the 9/11 attack was orchestrated by Al Qaeda, which is lead by Osama bin Laden. The proof our government provided was a video with Osama confessing to the crime. The problem with the video is that the person in the video does not look like Osama bin Laden: See picture.\nhttp://911blimp.net/vid_fakeOsamaVideo.shtml\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk519bkcLjg\n\n\nEVIDENCE\nThere are many other factors that do not fit the official story. They include, secondary explosions that were seen, heard, reported, and recorded by firefighters, in and around the WTC buildings.\nhttp://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-4574366633014832928&q=firefighter+bombs+in+the+building\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcRs1fv8i3I\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHz9YWVgJWM\n\n\nHere is a video clip showing a trail of explosions just before the destruction wave.\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_DkzhonpGY&mode=related&search=\n\nMolten, beyond red hot, "steel" was video recorded coming out of the South Tower just before it collapsed. Jet fuel does not burn hot enough to turn steel to liquid.\nhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=ExrVgioIXvk&search=thermite\n\nA chemical analysis of the solidified molten iron,conducted by independent firms, yielded an explosive, called Thermite. Also found was a WTC core beam; most probably cut using the demolition cutting charge (Thermate). No core beams were left standing beyond a few feet high, for it to have been cut by an Iron Workers torch. Click on pic. to enlarge.\nhttp://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/06/341238.shtml\n\nCONFESSION \nWe also have a video recording, where owner Larry Silverstein, admits to demolishing WTC7.\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7750532340306101329\n\nTESTIMONY\nThere is also a problem with the Pentagon attack. Listen to this retired general, He says, "The Plane does not fit the hole."\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2VoUN-7RVU&eurl=\n\nMOTIVE\nThe New Conservatives (Neo-Cons), with the help of their friends, started planning the invasion of Iraq, shortly after Pres. Bush took office. Apparently, the plan would include the attack of the WTC buildings. It did this to get the support of congress and the nation, to attack Iraq. Read it from their own PENAC document. Pay special attention to the section entitled "Creating Tomorrow's Dominant Force" page 50 and the top of page 51, where it states we need a new Pearl Harbor attack to get the ball rolling.\nhttp://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf\n\nOPPORTUNITY\nWitnesses saw a work crew going into the WTC buildings with rolls of wire, supposedly for internet upgrades. Tenants were moved around while crews "upgraded" the cable systems. The Port Authority cut power to the building for a whole weekend, just prior to the attack; shutting down the entire security systems. Witnesses also heard crews operating heavy hammering equipment that left a gray cement like dust, in the building. This activity took place just weeks before the 911 attack: The Port Authority had released control of the buildings to Larry Silverstein, six weeks prior to the attack: He made upwards of $5 billion off of the attack.\nSee "9/11 Mysteries" video: Time = 1:03:55 through 1:07:00 and 1:19:55 through 1:24:09\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6708190071483512003&q=911+mysteries&hl=en-CA
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They are.  They are trying to instill fear to impose their beliefs on the world.  They are trying to "terrorize" the rest of the world to bend it to their will.  While we have committed some mistakes, like those stupid weekend warriors in Abu Grave....  we are not trying to "terrorize" anyone, in fact we are working to bring hope, prosperity and freedom, while looking after our own national interests.  Are we perfect?  No, but our intentions and actions as a whole are sound.  People need to keep things in perspective.  19 men on 9/11 took action to cause terror in our country, they actively tried to kill as many innocent civilians as they could, and as sad as it is, they did a damn good job.  We actively try to keep innocents out of harms way.  Before we went into Falujah, we showered the city with leaflets telling them when we would be coming in, and to stay indoors and out of the fire.  This act put American lives in danger, while protecting the civilians in the city.  People who claim that the military and the Bush administration do not care about lives lost need to consider this and many other actions, and to keep things in perspective.
786568
NO!\nAnd the only people who claim the U.S. government was involved in 9/11 are MUSLIMS who are trying to fix their public relations problem!\nNotice all the websites with false claims to the origins of 9/11 come from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, and other Muslim countries.  These people are simply trying to deflect their guilt by shifting the blame to the Americans, the Israelis, and anyone else whom they hate.
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If our American Governement - ( BUSH Govt.) mind their own business then they cannot answer to their own citizens the cause for the destruction World Trade Center and the hit on Pentagon. \n\nTo cheat their own people they are using certain tactics which is not minding their own business.
1105551
because they are really a bunch of terrorists in disguise...at least that's my theory...
987836
I read parts of the Scientific American cover story debunking 9/11 myths; it was some time ago but it seemed to thoroughly refute all the conspiracy theories it covered.\n\nMany conspiracy theories seem convincing on their face; it's only when you dig deeper that the inherent flaws are revealed.\n\nThe biggest flaw with this and other conspiracy theories is the sheer number of people who would have to be involved in the cover-up.  Hard to believe that so many people could be coerced, bribed, manipulated or forced into this and not one of them would spill the beans -- some secrets are just too good not to tell!