editor said:
So the big guest star revealing big secrets followed by a film unveiling the biggest conspiracy the world has ever known couldn't even fill the place?
I get the impression that the turn-out was 'reasonable'.
I try and separate out my dislike/distaste for 9-11 "truth" from:
1. Supporting a friend who has organised a free public talk.
2. Assessing if the turn out at an event was ok or not.
Just like I don't usually like every record a DJ plays at a club night, don't like every view expressed on a forum, don't approve of all the behaviour of all my friends, don't find every joke told by a stand-up funny - I don't always agree with everything that Green Party or other 'liberal/left/progressive' people come out with or do.
However, rather than sneering at them and slagging them off I try and set out why I disagree and engage in some kind of debate and argument.
If they get support for what they say or do - or if they get lots of votes in an election (for example Respect in Bethnal Green) I am prepare to congratulate them and acknowledge the fact rather than be sour about it.
I know that you are sick of 9-11 threads here on u75 - so am I, and I supported banning them. But this came after a long debate on these boards. There are many people amongst the general public who have never seen this debate, have never heard the arguments on each side and aren't at the same stage of being pissed off with the whole 'debate'. Long-term posters here have had the 'priviledge' of having been through all this, and you didn't ban the threads before this had been extensively played out.
So I would argue that you allowed a long period of debate and arguement which was useful as it showed up a lot of the claims as rubbish: allowing this debate was a good thing.
But many people haven't engaged in this debate and don't read these boards. I'd argue that allowing and tolerating the 'debate' - even if only to oppose it and debunk it - is still a "good thing" (although not obviously on u75).