I can't wait to replace my 19" LCD monitor with one of those.

I showed this to my brother and his reaction was "I want one of those cars!". I don't know if I would really want a 20 year old budget car, but there is some insane driving in here.

Wow. They honestly don't have much respect for the viewers. "Don't worry about global warming, because it's boring to learn about." Unfortunately I think they could be fairly accurate in how much credit they give us.

I'd actually like to think that this is so lame because the people who created it don't agree with it's message. What better way to show that than to accept Exxon's money *and* do a bad job.

There is something gay about this.

SnakePlissken: You say that you don't believe that the towers could collapse because of an "isolated aerial impact and fire" (which is understating the event). So you are basing much of your conclusion on gut feeling? That's an ignorant way to approach that topic. Even people trained in engineering can get things very wrong (see Tacoma Bridge as a notable example) so is it possible that someone who has no training in engineering is incapable of predicting how a 1,300 feet high building will react to such an extraordinary event?

Why is the goal of 911myths.com so bad? He is obviously not profiting in any way from the website, unlike the many authors and directors who are trying to cash in with their book or documentary. The author clearly states his objectives on the site. Wanting to approach the arguments in a level and reasonable way is a good thing, even for you. It gives you a chance to view a well stated rebuttal which you should be able to address if your arguments are valid. From what I saw of the site it seemed quite balanced. It presented the viewpoints of the conspiracy theorists, including references, and then presents the opposing viewpoint. It includes sources and allows the reader to follow up on many points on their own. It is also ready to admit that there is no single defining answer, and that their is still room for debate. That is something that I have yet to see a conspiracy site do.

You keep appealing to emotions in your posts. The Iraq war is a separate issue to 9/11. If you remember, the government didn't need to orchestrate a huge conspiracy to take America into that war. They ran an old-fashioned propaganda campaign.

With regards to the secret service, I admitted I had no idea. It is definately an interesting point but you need to address it on it's own. When you try and tie it in to this whole conspiracy issue then you are clouding the waters and making it harder to discover the real reasoning behind it.

SnakePlissken, in response to your first post:
1. Ask them, not random people on the internet who probably have as much idea about how the secret service works as you do (i.e. very little). I'd say it was a bad call on their part.
2. Are you an engineer? If not then don't make these kind of assumptions. There are millions of people more qualified than you who have no problems with the official version of events.
3. I agree wholeheartedly. People clinging to a story with has no real evidence, basing their arguments on emotion, and claiming they are the only ones who know the truth.
4. Random quotes don't make your argument stronger. Bad form.
5. In another topic I asked for a concise and clear resource that explained the arguments for a consipracy theory. If you provided one I would be very interested.

His comment "Dan Rather ... blurts out the truth 'Boy, that looks just like a controlled demolition.'" gets huge laughs from the audience. 9/11 was a lot of things, but it was never funny.

I'm so sick of these conspiracy theories. I have yet to see a one that presents a *single* convincing theory clearly and concisely. They simply throw what they can against a wall and see what sticks. The techniques that these documentaries use are not new. They employ emotional language, play on pre-conceived ideas and fears (e.g. Bush is bad) and fire off points so fast that you don't have time to react. Viewers don't have time to fully process each point before the presentation moves on. They are forced to either accept what they have seen as the truth, or stop the presentation before investing hundreds of hours into researching the "facts" they are presented with. I think I know what most people who watch this will do.

To those who believe that there was a conspiracy, could you please provide me with a resource that clearly explains that main arguments behind you belief? Such a resource should be free from emotion. It should simply present the facts and then allow me the opportunity to explore more. I would honestly be interested to see such a resource.

I've always thought the Citroen's were a bit ugly, but compared to other cars of the 50s they were pretty progressive.

Thats for that. Now "Suds Macduff" makes sense.

Yes, I understand your reason for linking to that page, but when I am linked to that page (http://www.videosift.com/faq-en.php#voting) the heading is "How does voting work?" For me that didn't really relate to the button I had clicked. I've used other sites like Digg and reddit before, so I don't really need to know how voting works. I was more puzzled as to why I had ended up on that page. Having a seperate FAQ for "Why can't I down-vote?" would be a little more clear.

Twice as good when you scrub through it in fast forward.

I say you shoudl learn from the mistakes of others. Most importantly, only a small minority of people will ever read guidelines.

On a related topic, why can I click the down vote even when I'm not allowed to use it? As someone who's used reddit and Digg, that is kind of frustrating. Linking it to the FAQ is also confusing, as I have to read a paragraph of text to see why I even ended up on that page. I'm more likely to just click "back" and assume that some kind of error happened. This is a video site, how many visitors would voluntarily read a seemingly random paragraph you place in front of them?

I'd have to say that the sidebar really belongs on the right hand side. People read left to right and the videos are the most important part of the page, so they belong on the left.

Why do I feel like eating a big bucket of chicken wings after watching this?

I don't think that this really belongs here. Most people (like me) will watch it, but it just brings back the feelings of that day all over again.