by Robert Persson » Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:40 pm
I'm late chipping in to this thread because I haven't spent any time in the forums before, but I've got to add to the praise for this documentary. It doesn't get bogged down in technical details, but leaves us to check these up for ourselves if we need to. What remains is a core case that the vast majority of people should easily be able to grasp, based on facts which can be readily verified by looking at mainstream news sources.
The one who said there are no 9-11 movies quite like that are right. Personally I think the Barry Zwicker one is basically sound, but the format - a mainstream news hour - does look a little apologetic, as if it were a stunt to compensate for our tinfoil image. And there is all that stuff in the 9-11 Truth movement about the "official conspiracy theory", which is of course irrefutable in terms of fact, but, as a rhetorical device it sounds a bit weak for the same reason.
In contrast Ludicrous Diversion gets right in there and immediately reclaims the label "conspiracy theory" in the space of a minute or two. And it does this so confidently that it is able to take you straight on from there to the meat and potatoes of its argument without sounding the least contrived or awkward. Rare is a film like this that has the power to win unpopular arguments and gain friends iin such a confused and hostile social space.
I would say, to be fair, that this movie has one advantage that no 9-11 movie can have. It is that it is not dealing with an event that has taken on such an unmistakably mythical character as 9-11 has. And because it can find down-to-earth historical precedents for state lying, such as the long list of falsely convicted Irish non-terrorists, it does not have to deal with precedents that have also become untouchable due to their mythic aura, namely the elimination of the Kennedy brothers and of Martin Luther King. Because of this, Ludicrous Diversion doesn't have to waste precious minutes wrapping itself in yellow ribons or red poppies or whatever other confused solemnities we find imposed on us whether we like it or not. That means it has been spared the ignominy of having to say that, with a solemn heart, it is about to fart in the church of fallen heroes because only by farting disagreeably can the dead can be honoured. You know what I mean?
What I am suggesting, in other words, is that in order to establish the general principle that a major act of "International Terrorism" could have been faked, perhaps there is a case for doing this first of all for something like 7-7. Once that is done perhaps the 9-11 sacred cow may start to look a litlle less sacred.
btw, isachar, I'm not clear from your wording exactly what you make of the webfairy, but in case you are iunsure, webfairy is without doubt a disinfo operation. Rosalee Grable, the Chicago grandmother that she is supposed to be in real life, does not exist.
Bokuwa ongakka, dentaku katateni.