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Split off from original thread. Tangent is tangential.
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Instead of attacking Russo's credibility, how about disproving some of the things he pointed out?
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I'm not allowed to. I tried to create a thread before debunking almost every single 9/11 myth that the "truthers" bring up. It's not allowed to be discussed here.
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After browsing these boards for a bit now I've concluded that things are WAY too restricted. There have been some decent threads that've been locked for very poor reasons. I mean if somebody has a topic with reasonable validity backing it, it autta be allowed to be discussed.
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Oh, I agree, but the general fear is that this will become a "conspiracy" board, something devonin hates with a passion. He feels that such topics as the JFK, the Robert Kennedy, and MLK assassinations, 9/11, the moon landings, blah blah blah are not to be discussed even if researched facts are provided due to the potential fallout they could cause within the community. |
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Very Grave Indeed
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As regards the point you made here, I simply direct you to rules 4 and 5 of this forum, namely: Quote:
9/11 is specifically extra not-allowed simply because all of the evidence for the conspiracy has been thoroughly debunked, and all the evidence of the debunking has been thoroughly debunked, and the evidence for the debunking of the debunking etc etc ad nauseum. Too many people with highly questionable qualifications have made too many highly questionable claims on both sides for it to be a reasonable topic of discussion, all threads about it end up pointing to the same two sources both of which are highly suspect, so there's just a flat-out moratorium on 9/11 threads. If that's a problem, make a 9/11 thread in chit-chat. Quote:
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I'm going to split these posts off into another thread, since they are detracting from the actual discussion of the income tax. Last edited by devonin; 09-28-2008 at 09:07 AM.. |
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Rule 5 is not a good rule IMO. Way too many things are unfalsifiable.
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Unfalsifiable claims make for no debate or discussion or ability to think critically about them...seems pretty reasonable to suggest that unfalsifiable things make for poor threads in a forum about debate, discussion and thinking critically.
Just don't confuse speculation or supposition with unfalsifiability. We can discuss all kinds of things that -we- don't know for certain one way or another (For example threads speculating about the future of foreign policy, or advancements in science or whathaveyou) without making a claim that is actually unfalsifiable. |
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