"'The 9/11 lie was designed to sow hatred between the faiths,' Barrett has written on the organization's Web site. 'Either we discuss the compelling evidence that 9/11 was an inside job, or there is precious little to talk about.'"On the one hand, he's an idiot. On the other hand, he's already gotten more publicity than he deserves and is offensive to all - especially those who lost loved ones in the attacks of 911. That UW has not dismissed him makes me re-examine my loyalty to the Alma Mater.
Other Sept. 11 conspiracy theorists in academia include Steven Jones, a physicist from Brigham Young University who argues that the World Trade Center towers were brought down by controlled explosives, not just the impact of airplanes; James H. Fetzer, a retired philosophy professor from the University of Minnesota-Duluth who believes the U.S. military launched a missile into the Pentagon and shot down the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania; and David Ray Griffin, a retired professor from the Claremont School of Theology who sums up arguments for U.S. involvement in the attacks in two books, "The New Pearl Harbor" and "The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions."
"As the time is short, I will leave out all the flattery, and retain all the criticism." - Henry David Thoreau
Friday, June 30, 2006
Sept. 11 claim stirs UW probe
Well, this has blown-up to a bigger controversy since I first linked (without posting):
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