atheists and "conspiracy" theories

[Shell B]

Don't pretend you're debating with a dipshit.

Obviously I'm not pretending.

Enough of that or you're going to get a warning. I'm going out of my way not to insult you personally, despite your generally laughed at viewpoint. I don't like to dole out warnings for personal insults against myself, but experience has shown that letting them slide has far more catastrophic results. Now, learn how to debate properly without resorting to elementary school tactics and I will continue to afford you the same respect.

I think the fact that I served 4 years in the military has a little more clout than what some civilian girl has to say about how Air Force operations work.

Assumptions, assumptions. A. I'm not a girl. I'm a fully grown adult and my sex has absolutely no bearing on the validity of my argument. B. I may be a civilian, but so are you, as of now, chief. C. I'm pretty confident that I am well-versed in the workings of the Air Force. I cannot claim to have been in the Air Force, but I assure you that living on McChord/Lewis for three years afforded me some insight as does the fact that I am a military historian, among other things. Here's where the big picture comes in handy and that old adage about assumptions really takes a front seat.

I worked on F-16s and i know how fast they can be launched and deployed...within a matter of minutes.

So, you were a mechanic? That doesn't sound like upper management. It sounds an awful lot like you have absolutely no inside insight into 9-11. It doesn't matter how fast they are launched, if they are not deployed.

And to say that multiple training exercises that simulate airliners crashing into the twin towers on 911 is just a coincidence is probably the most asinine and idiotic thing I ever heard along with the ongoing lists of other "pure coincindences". You are in denial masquerading as intellectual honesty.

I didn't say it was a coincidence. I didn't even acknowledge it. If you need to keep a list of points and retorts, I suggest you open a word file now.

Even IF it was a coincidence that these exercises were taking place, then the government was obviously wary and preparing for an attack on the WTC towers. That kind of takes away the whole element of surprise thing when they are preparing for that very scenario!

Again, I didn't say it was a coincidence. I wonder how much time you wasted arguing something I never even responded to.

Man, It's like talking to stubborn 5 year olds!

I suppose you have experience with that from working in a day care for four years?