The number of 9/11 Nut-jobs, Kooks, and Wing-Nuts are increasing at an alarming rate.
Why do the bush administration tolerate these “outrageous conspiracy theories” concerning the events of 9/11? Making an example of a “Kook” such as David Ray Griffin in a court of law would certainly stem the flood, don’t you think?
2007-04-05 04:52:54 · 25 answers · asked by lghs 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Prosecute them with what misdemeanour? Having an opinion? That would go totally against what democracy is all about!
Anyhow, should we necessarily poo poo all their ideas? Do you ever think that maybe there could be some truth in what they say?
Pearl Harbour - why were all the decent vessels taken out to sea the day it was bombed and the USA had a reason to enter the War? Coincidence? I don't have an opinion one way or t'other, but you can't always just dismiss these views!!
2007-04-05 05:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by Colin S 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's Freedom of Speech. People can come up with any idea or theory they wish and throw it into the ring with all the other ideas and theories. It's up to people to make up their own minds which theory they want believe.
No one ever asks government to be tolerant of what the people say. The people have a right to say what they will. In the USA it says so in the Constitution, or is it the Bill of Rights? Anyway, freedom of speech is enshrined in law. Here in UK freedom of speech is enshrined in English Common Law and has been so since the Middle Ages - hard to believe I know, especially since you could be hanged drawn and quartered for being a traitor. But saying blah about the King down the pub is not being a traitor. No one is going to hear you anyway.
Edit: if a government in a democracy does not like what the people are saying about an event, all it need ever do is publish the true facts they have on file. End of argument. Since the gov is not going to do that, the theories will continue to abound and long may it be so.
2007-04-06 07:51:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoa, son.
What's with you? Sure they're probably nuts but they have the same right to freedom of speech as you and I.
Who's alarmed by the conspiracy theorists? Not me nor anyone I know.
Seems to me there are too many people out there telling other folk what they should think or believe, even airheads like Gore and his film and Inconvenient Truth (utter Hogwash) has the green brigade demanding action on a non existant problem.
Please don't protect me from conspiracy theorists, global warming, or anything else, because every time you do you steal a little piece of my freedom.
2007-04-05 05:08:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The bill of rights protects you and me and nut jobs and kooks and conspiracy theorists from being prosecuted for what we think or say.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
2007-04-05 05:07:42 · answer #4 · answered by Clawndike 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because we have something called "Freedom of Speech". Whether 9/11 conspiracy theories are true or not, prosecuting these people would only add to the the growing public mistrust and suspicion of the Bush Administration. Although it wouldn't surprise me if Bush did try to prosecute, he is power crazed and arrogant and has created a whole new age of McCarthyism.
2007-04-05 05:01:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What charge would you say they should be brought up on? Just about anything you say will be struck down as a violation of free speech. Sorry, you can't pick and choose who gets free speech and who does not. That is not the way our country was set up.
That being said, I have never ever heard a conspiracy theory that lasted long after you started to really look at it. They are just about 100% speculation with a smidget of circumstancial evidence. Yet, the conspiracy people think that they know the real story. I usually like to ask them for the evidence that would be brought up in court to support their claims. They ramble on about circumstancial stuff and then I tell them they need to get real evidence. They then tell me I have closed my eyes and are buying into "the official story".
I think that deep down, all of them have to feed some sort of hunger to be better than everyone else. The idea that they know the real story and the rest of the world is outside the loop makes them feel superior. Also, it puts some sort of adventure in their lives. They can now talk about how the FBI is watching them or how their mail is opened and their telephone is tapped. It makes them feel important someone.
To Freedomfighter: Please give a link to the thermite reference in the FEMA report. Please make it an official FEMA page. You are presenting it as evidence. It is your duty to make the evidence available or else it will be ignored. If you really want someone to believe you, then you should be able to handle this request for information.
2007-04-05 05:03:09 · answer #6 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the incontrovertible fact that the conspiracy nutjobs are obtainable working around is only extra evidence that there is not any conspiracy. If the government can magically pull off a conspiracy on the size of 9/11, they might truthfully make a pair of pseudo-scientists disappear.
2016-10-21 02:36:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freedom of Speech!
Any one has the right to state their thoughts of how/why something may have happened.
And what would the charges be? Having a difference of opinion????
2007-04-05 05:02:21 · answer #8 · answered by KUJayhawksfan* 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That reads like a conspiracy top me.
Just be content with knowing that there are more loonies outside of the asylum.
2007-04-05 05:39:26 · answer #9 · answered by rogerglyn 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can't believe you are calling for the government to censor and prosecute against free speech. I don't care if you think they are wrong. People like you scare me. Personally I'd prefer to read 1984 than to live it.
2007-04-05 04:59:57 · answer #10 · answered by smellyfoot ™ 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋