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|    zookumar yelubandi to nonsense@unsettled.com    |
|    Re: BBC World News reported collapse of     |
|    27 Feb 07 14:37:24    |
      XPost: soc.culture.british, uk.philosophy.humanism, alt.philosophy.debate       XPost: rec.org.mensa       From: zookumar@yahoo.ca              nonsense@unsettled.com wrote:       > zookumar yelubandi wrote:       [...]       > >>More likely the clock is off.       > > Yes, it is possible that a timestamp error may have occurred,       > > just as it is possible that pigs with wings can fly. But that species       > > has not yet been found on our planet.       > > For a logical connection of the dots, listen slowly and consume       > > at your own rate. The BBC World News anchor makes the following       > > comment on the video at the 2min/45s mark of the 7min/15s clip: "it's       > > now what, some eight hours since the attack".       > > So we can actually ignore the visual timestamps and look at the       > > logical timestamp. The attacks occurred at around 9:00 AM NY time       > > (specifically, at 8:46am and 9:03am). The BBC world news anchor states       > > explicitly that it is some 8 hours after the attacks (at the 2min45s       > > mark of this particular video). That would mean approximately 5:00pm NY       > > time. Now pan back to earlier video evidence (at the 1min15s mark) as       > > the female reporter points behind her and WTC7 is *still* visible,       > > relatively undamaged, in the background. But the BBC anchor _opened_       > > with the statement that WTC7 had collapsed, e.g. at the 0min10s mark.       > > Salomon Brothers Building is none other than Building 7. So we already       > > know that WTC7 is being alleged to have collapsed in the vicinity of the       > > 5:00pm NY time mark, perhaps even earlier. But it actually collapsed at       > > 5:20pm NY time. Ergo, the evidence for scripted dialogue being       > > dispensed by script-reading minions, is insurmountable.       > > So by focussing only on the audiovisual evidence of the clip and       > > not its "official timestamp", it is quite obvious to any logical mind       > > that something is rotten in the figurative state of Denmark. Of course,       > > not that it matters all that much, but the "official" timestamp, too,       > > comports with the BBC anchor's orientation of realtime at the 2min45s       > > mark (on the video).       > > -zookumar-       > There's an old Irish saying that fits well here.       > "Eager eyes see far."                      Old Irish sayings are no match for clear, concise, irrefutable       logic. So, with apologies to Irish teetotallers everywhere, I remind       you of an even older Irish saying, "Ahye, ware's dih noar'st poab,       *hic*, lahddie?"                      cheers        -zookumar-              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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