I think one of the problems many people have with critical thinking, alternative scenarios, and the like, is how much would change if it were generally accepted that airplanes alone didn't bring down two towers the same way. Almost too much would change at once. It's certainly very scary.

I mean, as a citizen you can go back through years of news and pick out every time they've went with the assumption it was terrorists trying to kill us, with no motive other than being evil, and think of an alternate explanation for every action the government took against terrorism.

My biggest fear, is that if it IS one day, generally accepted in America, as it is many other countries, is that we go through the ultimate case of denial. It's hard to explain, but I almost picture it like...

"You don't understand, it HAD to be terrorists."
"But, all the evidence..."
"No, no. You aren't listening to me. Terrorists HAD to have done it. If it was the government, it would cause so much backtracking we'd have to evaluate the entire history of United States differently. If they lied to us about this, what else have they lied to us about? It has to be simple. It has to go down in history as terrorists."

by Dradeeus on 06/08/2009 11:56:32 PM EST

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