Brattleboro Reformer - Letters
Editor of the Reformer:
A few questions for David Ray Griffin and those he has whipped into a frenzy with his cockamamie conspiracy theories:
1. Since it takes dozens of workers days, even weeks, to prepare a building for a controlled demolition, why didn't anyone notice? Areas need to be cleared, hundreds of charges need to be placed, requiring the drilling of holes for each of them; ductwork, wiring and pipes need to be disconnected; support beams need to be knocked out; and scaffolding needs to be built. How could all this work go on unnoticed? If building permits were issued, which assumes that New York City officials were also "in on" the plot, then why weren't the owners of the building suspicious, even after the fact?
2. Cleaning crews, maintenance personnel and security were all in the building after hours. Were they also complicit? Or were they (gasp!) silenced by shadowy "hit squads"?
3. Why did military commanders knowingly allow the deaths of military personnel, and remain silent about it for four years (and counting)? That's hard to believe in this leak-happy culture.
4. And how could a government so powerful, so pervasive and so callous allow the only man who could expose its perfidy to live? Give me a break, please.
Idiotic ranting like this is exactly what the right wing wants. It destroys the credibility of honest and thoughtful dissenters. If we want to stop the takeover of our judiciary, the control of our still barely free press, and the marginalization of any opposition to the Christian right agenda, we must disavow ourselves of media clowns like Griffin, Sheehan, Churchill, et. al. Otherwise, we give aid and comfort to the enemy.
John A. De Lello
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