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9/11 Truth group is incorrectly portrayed

Bloomington 9-11 Working Group | 13.09.2008 04:10 | Terror War | World

Media misrepresenting David Ray Griffin

9/11 Truth group is incorrectly portrayed

Bloomington 9/11 Working Group | | Date: 9/10/2008


Thanks for covering David Ray Griffin’s presentation on 9/11 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater on Labor Day evening. Unfortunately, your article contained several serious misrepresentations. The worst is the statement that “Griffin contended that no difference exists between evil and patriotism as patriotism means working for one’s own country at the expense of others.” Griffin’s actual claim was that it’s possible to commit great evil while acting on patriotic motives. In particular, if those responsible for the events of 9/11 include persons within the U.S. government, they could well have been acting on patriotic motives. However, that would not justify their actions or make them good.

It’s possible to do great evil – or good – as a patriot. Griffin’s warning was not against patriotism but nationalism, which inherently leads to actions that disregard the interests of other nations and peoples who do not belong to one’s own nation.
Furthermore, the article said Griffin “attempted to prove that the United States was responsible for the (9/11) atrocities.” It later reports that an IU professor “said Griffin provided absolutely no evidence that the Bush administration was directly involved in 9/11.” This overlooks the fact that Griffin’s lecture focused rather on evidence that America was not “attacked by Muslims on 9/11.” Moreover, no one in the 9/11 Truth Movement claims that “the United States” committed the 9/11 atrocities. At worst, these atrocities were orchestrated by a relatively small number of strategically placed people in positions of power within and outside official government bodies.

The article also stated Griffin “refuted the 9/11 Commission and numerous FBI documents.” Actually, he showed that some FBI documents, especially its report on phone calls from the airliners, refute portions of the 9/11 Commission’s report.
There is much about the events of 9/11 we neither know nor claim to know. We agree with Griffin, however, that overwhelming evidence disproves major elements of the official story. Many good reasons exist for not believing that Muslim terrorist hijackers were primarily to blame. On issues of this importance, it is crucial that news stories be accurate and fairly represent what is being reported.

Byron Bangert
Kevin Anderson
Bob Baldwin
Chris Haynes
Mick Harrison
Jen Patterson
Dave Rollo
Paul Smith

Bloomington 9/11 Working Group members

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Bloomington 9-11 Working Group

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  1. Right wing activist group defens patriotism shocker. — Loin stirrer
  2. maximum strength yawn — groin strain
  3. I wish I got paid for pointing out bullshit — CH
  4. Why is this here? — conspiracy theorists are not just idiots, they're dangerous idiots
  5. Conspiracy - where's the evidence? — Simon
  6. Conspiracy - where's the evidence? A good point well made. — conspiracy theorists are not just idiots, they're dangerous idiots
  7. to "conspiracy theorists are not just idiots, they're dangerous idiots " — truth movement my arse
  8. @conspiracy theorists are not just idiots, they're dangerous idiots — Ashley
  9. @truth movement my arse — Ashley
  10. You're not as much fun as Brian, but anyway.... — conspiracy theorists are not just idiots, they're dangerous idiots
  11. balls, that'll teach me not to post at 4 in the morning! — conspiracy theorists are not just idiots, they're dangerous idiots
  12. This is a #32, but unfortunately it's not an unsubstantiated insult — conspiracy theorists are not just idiots, they're dangerous idiots
  13. @conspiracy theorists are not just idiots, they're dangerous idiots — Ashley
  14. 911 Strewth — companer@
  15. Conspiracy - there is evidence — Simon
  16. The short answer and a long answer — jewish mason communist lizard
  17. why oh why — the elder
  18. michty me conspiracy theorist in "not reading post" shock — jewish mason communist lizard
  19. better — the elder
  20. Well there's the rub — jewish mason communist lizard
  21. deny, degrade and destory — oi yoi
  22. huh? — jewish mason communist lizard
  23. Ashley, another go - and this time I actually mention WTC 7... — conspiracy theorists are not just idiots, they're dangerous idiots
  24. @conspiracy theorists are not just idiots, they're dangerous idiots — Ashley