Sunday, October 4, 2009

Censorship. Why?

Reading some of the censored articles for tomorrow, a few really struck my eye. One was originally Japanese, questioning the war on terror, 9/11's origins and also touched on other controversial issues. It specifically mentioned how during 9/11, World Trade Center, building 7 - a 47 floor tall building, collapsed mere hours after the main buildings, without any mention in any of the reports of the incident. Sure no one was supposedly killed, but leaving that big a building out of any reports? Seems a little suspicious, and no wonder conspiracy theories arose out of that one story alone.

However, after researching more in depth, I found several sources citing that the damage caused by the collapse of nearby WTC main buildings was extensive, and that fires had been burning inside the building for a long time, and was never put out. This ended up damaging the supporting concrete so badly that the building collapsed.

My question is therefore, why would this particular building be kept out of the reports - if there are actually firemen testifying to have witnessed these fires inside the building, seen the damage - why hasn't the media commmented on it. Many conspiracies surrounding the whole event, would have had a lot less credibility if people had been told the real story about this building - if it indeed is the real story.

By censoring this article, it makes it seem like there really was a reason why it was kept out of reports, and the fact that all these accounts detailing why it happened came out so late, just make it seem like an excuse had to be made, before the media could release any information about this particular building. The whole idea about all this censorship also just makes me question what happened to the supposed freedom of the press in this country? Having lived here for just 3 years, I don't know how all things work here in the States, but in Denmark, freedom of speech/press is taken very seriously - just look at the Mohammed cartoons if you want to know what I mean.

Is the government - and whoever else is behind it, really just hurting themselves by censoring articles like these? Are there really things we can't handle seeing? It all seems like fuel for the conspiracy train to me. If the government was indeed behind 9/11 (which I don't believe FYI) then maybe they should have their stories ready, and not leave out material that the public will definitely find.