alternet.org — Alternet's Matt Taibbi "locks horns" over the accuracy of David Ray Griffin's recent book, 9/11 Contradictions. A somewhat civilized debate.Member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Theology at Claremont School of Theology and Graduate University, Griffin is the author of seven books on 9/11.
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jkapOct 9, 2008Submitter
This is an exceptional conversation with David Ray Griffin. If only Taibbi could offer his arguments without such liberal use of the ad hominem.How Griffin has such a calm approach to overcoming the appeal to emotion over reason of those who "doth protest too much" regarding Griffin's clinical and dispassionate inquiry into the events of 9/11 speaks volumes to his character.But what do I know? I'm just a "conspiracy theorist". Aren't you?
jkapOct 9, 2008Submitter
P.S. Article is in three segments. Don't forget all three parts!
ferre1Oct 10, 2008
As a Duch citizen who has no emotional connection nor any personal interests whatsoever in whatever was behind 9/11, I found Griffin's arguments to be much more plausible than Taibbi's non-sensical ad hominem and strawman arguments. Griffin provides logic and evidence where Taibbi only provides insults and ad hominem attacks. To use his own kind of wording; Matt Taibbi displayed himself to be the idiot who believes in unplausible conspiracy theories.