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Originally Posted by Immortal Goat
Actually, I believe the burden of proof lies with the Government in this instance. We as citizens do not have access to all of the information about what happened that day. As such, we can only speculate, but never prove. It's the government's job to put all speculation to rest, and thus far, they have not released any definitive proof that they aren't lying to us.
The missile idea is just as plausible as the plane idea, simply because there is enough evidence to suggest that it was, in fact, not a plane, but nothing other than a missile could have caused that much damage. It's the government's job to show us something that inarguably shows us that it was a plane, or the conspiricy theories will continue.
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Not to pick on you in particular Goat, but you just happened to synapsize the this only issue here that actually needs to be addressed.
Any time anything happens, the government jumps on it and supresses any information about it as a matter of course. FOIA is a very new thing, and the reason it exists is because governments (not just ours) have always classified whatever they can whenever they could that might cause any sort of unease among the general population. Most people are just plain dumb. That is just a fact. Dumb people are reactive and prone to do dumb things. If shielded from the facts of something bad, they will forget about the bad things and go on with their lives after a short time. Think cattle.
It's not the government's job to tell us everything about whatever happens. It's the government's job to run the government for us. ALL OF US. Remember, most of "us" are fucking retards. Do you go into McDonald's and demand to see their business plan and a prospectus before you order? Do you jump behind the counter at Kinko's and change the toner for them?
What percentage of people do you think have ever been inspired into actual political action upon receiving information that disturbed them? What exactly would you do with "full disclosure" were you to receive it? What do you think most of "us" would do were the government to transfer onto the public your burden of proof? Government plays the odds, and unfortunately, there's more harm than good to come from telling the truth these days.