The Basilisk

-7 rysade 09 August 2012 06:38AM

Could someone please explain this Basilisk thing to me?

Working Through the Controlled Demolition Conspiracy

1 rysade 30 January 2012 04:11PM

I hope I'm not breaking any taboos here. It's been a while since I've come onto the discussion section and I admit I'm not too up to date on the topics.

I'm having difficulty responding to someone who is convinced that 7WTC was brought down by controlled demolition on September 11th, 2001. They're referencing the controlled-looking destruction of 7WTC and various other incriminating looking things. Thermite and thermite waste products seem to come up a lot.

Now, I have definitely noticed I'm confused here. While I hold the opinion that the towers went down because of the planes/fires (i.e. the standard explanation) I have difficulty seeing how the falsity of controlled demolition is the slam-dunk folks seem to think it is. Could somebody walk me through this?

 

[EDIT: About a million edits later, I have finally worked through the problem with my link: I needed it to be in HTML and not in the comment format.]

"Thank you for updating"

8 rysade 28 May 2011 11:41PM

Would it be supercilious to thank someone for updating?  I know I would feel uncomfortable doing it, but I often feel the urge to do so anyway.

There seems to be something vicious about thanking them.  My own estimation of my own belief has not changed in these situations.  I feel fairly satisfied that the other has considered my view and has shakily come to agree with it. I worry it would be a little like saying 'screw your opinion, now you see I'm right.'

However:

It is both rational and polite to thank them.  The gentlemen's agreement of rationality allows for one person to be wrong and not lose face at all.  When someone concedes something to me (a point) I typically feel the need to thank them.

What do you think?