Slide #1 - Lady Liberty and the Twin Towers
Patriotic Curtain Warmer
There isn't a lot to debunk about slide 1. Without access to Gage's new video presentation, I don't know precisely what it's being used for, but I suspect two reasons:
- To provide a slide to be displayed while the audience comes into the auditorium.
- To display the patriotic credentials of Richard Gage and the Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth
This thematic slide illustrates the stakes Richard Gage sees in this debate. It sets up slide 305, close to the end, in which Gage will display a picture of Lady Liberty weeping as United 175 hits the South Tower.
I don't have any issue with Richard Gage over his patriotism. I recognize that it's patriotism that causes most people to speak out against their government when they see it doing something wrong. May America always be a place where this happens!
However, patriotism is no shield against idiocy. In fact, mindless patriotism sometimes seems to be a prerequisite for idiocy. Claiming patriotism doesn't mean that you get a pass for being wrong, especially as wrong as Richard Gage will prove to be in this Powerpoint presentation.
Not even when you spell patriot with a capital P.
Index | Next Slide >This slide has been added to the September 2007 slideshow. Full details about the changes between that presentation and the January 2008 presentation will be available at this website.