23 September 2006

Quote of the Time Being

"I think it's telling that every time you disagree with something you call the people a liar (sic)."
-James Meigs
"I am not calling anybody a liar, sir. I'm calling you a liar because you are a liar."
-Jason Bermas

Taken from the fourth segment of the Democracy Now! interview/debate between the creators of Loose Change (writer/director Dylan Avery and researcher Jason Bermas) and editorial staff of Popular Mechanics (Editor in Chief James Meigs and Executive Editor David Dunbar).

Coming in a close second are the myriad scoffs and self-conscious fake-chuckles from Bermas when presented with facts and analysis from the experts.

If you don't know what this is about, Avery and Bermas created the exploitative, insulting, disingenuous documentary Loose Change which is full of 9/11/01 conspiracies. This movie, which has been downloaded millions of times and has thousands of believers, is very effective in proving one point that everyone should take away from it, namely that people are morons.

A much more honest and convincing resource is this point-by-point refutation of said documentary.

Also see the Popular Mechanics article "9/11: Debunking the Myths" and the book by the PM editors entitled Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up to the Facts.