_{((Disclaimer: This little rant is not to offend anyone. Almost anyone here has done more than me to bring forth the truth, I guess. Yet sometimes the view of an "outsider" is useful to have a look where a "specialized community" is heading to - and when it misses a point. And thats what we currently do, in my humble opinion.))}

There is an official petition and complaint being made to the BBC on behalf of their recently uncovered WTC7 "cock-up" and the funny attempts to bury it - and we manage to get about 400 votes in two days, about 15% of which are dupes and fakes.

On digg.com, the story has a stunning 35 (thirty-five) diggs right now.

This is embarrassing, to put it mildly. How many truth-seekers are out there?
We are not really that hand-full of lunatic lonely moonbats the PNAC-hitmen keep calling us, are we?!

The BBC is in a mess. Not only they aired that hit piece a few weeks ago that "debunked" more of their own reputation than doing so with the so-called "conspiracy theories".

The footage discovered by 911veritas clearly shows that someone tipped them off or "press released to early" on the fall of WTC7. And that someone actively cut the line just before the building really went down.

Their reaction was the most stupid one can imagine: attempted censorship and the futile evasions of Mr Porter in their editors blog. More censorship when the flood of comments became too obvious. No answers. More cover up.

The mainstream media have tried hard to ignore the case and bury it - at least here in Germany. We kick their butt quite hard for that - with some success.

One can discuss, if the BBC footage provides much hard "evidence" for a "conspiracy" that could be used in court. Of course it does not. But that is not the point.

It provides a great, clearly visible proof that something smells fishy in "free media" and 9/11. Very fishy. The proof is short, simple, easy to understand and there is no fault in it - opposite to more complex approaches like Loose Change which of course contain some errors and can be attacked for that. And it does not force people to jump to conclusions (have the buildings been blown up, who was behind it, etc.), but simply shows: SOMEthing is wrong, and the media are of NO help at all. Re-open the case, BBC.

This is something PR folks and propaganda people love - it is just striking. And the BBC did their best to prove that by their reaction - they are under pressure, they know it, and they even can't hide it.

We got a weapon.

Probably the best one (in terms of publicity and pressure on the media) we ever had.

Probably even 911veritas is not fully aware what he found there.

And what do we do? We keep padding each other on the back since we scored. We spend days to find the exact spot of the BBC-camera during this funny psychic live session. We keep showing video clips to each other, we keep writing affirmative statements on the websites of other truthers, we keep linking the same sites, the same evidence we have been linking for years and new evidence that no one wants to see. OK, some of us fight in public forums, hold lectures, keep digging up new evidence or heckle Bill Kristol at Austin.

Don't get me wrong - none of that is futile or wrong.

But - instead of spreading ourselves like butter over too much bread and digging up even more technical evidence (hey - we got more than enough - people just don't look at it...) we should focus, where the opponent (and so far the media have been an opponent) has shown a real weakness.

Exploit it.

We do not have to "prove" anything any more - the facts are clear enough to show the official con theory is crap. More is not needed - the rest is the job of the media and the criminal investigators, preferably an international tribunal.

But the message has to be delivered to the public. And the public is not reading on our favorite forums. They watch TV and read some papers at best.

But so far the mass media do not cooperate. OK, Hustler mag did. Cool. Else?

The pressure from above and their long tradition of conscious self-censorship and inconscous "thought-hygiene" make them stick with the official nonsense and they keep bitching at those who ask questions. Without the media, our case is lost, period. They won't be able to silence and shoot us all, but we will never get the public attention this cause needs to be successful.

Now a global player in news business messed it up. They have a serious problem. They are nervous. They make mistakes by the dozen. Even "ordinary" folks who are not at all inclined in believing some "conspiracy nut" think "WTF??". That fire needs to be fueled. They duck to pressure from above? OK, give them heat from "below"! If you are in UK, go have a cup of tea with Mr Porter. I mean - the BBC headquarters is no secret place, and transparents are cheap, right?

If you live elsewhere, twenty seconds should not be too much - get over to

http://www.petitiononline.com/wtc7bbc/petition.html

and sign that petition. Yes, the guy who did it could have done better. Yes, the site sucks. Yes, the initial marketing was not a strike of genius, I even had to submit it on Digg myself, it was not yet there. Yes, maybe it is in vain. Maybe all is in vain. You disagree with two sentences in the petition? Fine.

Never mind.

Just move and sign it.

If this one comes out with less than 50 K signatures, WE "cocked up", not the BBC.

And for Gods sake - dig it up on digg.com:

http://digg.com/world_news/BBC_Censorship_and_Cover_up_Sign_this_petition

We certainly can do better than 35 diggs...

You know what struck me? Among the few sigs on the petition there was this one:

313. Robert K McILvaine My son Bobby deserves the truth

I went over to the memorial site and looked this kid in the face. A 26 year old, assistant vice president of media relations at Merrill Lynch, smart looking, friendly guy. Killed on 9/11.

Ever since abused for propaganda and worse.

Yes, Robert - your son deserves better.

And we can do better.

Please help - a chance like this to bring the whole stuff into mainstream media by force shows up not too often...

Martin Hoffmann

http://blog.elfenwald.org (German)

Background:
I am no over-motivated youngster who has just discovered 9/11 and now arrogantly wants to tell the "elders" what they should do to change the world... I am German (so please forgive any glitches in my English), former journalist and former-IT-professional (high-level consulting, marketing), now a drop-out working on non-profit projects and an eco-village project as my main goal. I am 39 years. I believed the official nonsense for about two months. Too long, I know...
But ever since I have followed the uncovering of the truth, did my own research, blogged, bitched at the mainstream media and have pointed quite a few people away from the "Osama and the 19 box cutters"-phantasy...
I was never a very active part of the truther movement - first I thought the US were able to straighten that out on their own, later I was too busy with my own life.
Five years have passed.
Now I am in.

For three reasons:

Americans sadly were not able to straighten it out up to now - and yet another business-building war is about to be started by the very same criminals that in my opinion staged 9/11. As a German I know all too well that sometimes a country needs some help from outside to get rid of the criminals who run it. We won't be able to invade your eastern shores, and we have a foolish corrupt government ourselves, but at least we can stand by the "better America" on the battlefield of the internet and the media...

The second reason: half of the world incl. Germany is suffering from an ongoing attempt to cut civil rights, increase BigBrother-activities, cut free speech, censor the internet - all based on the fake of "9/11" and the so-called "war on terror". Power-hungry maniacs abusing the victims of 9/11 for their own, old agenda. They reached a level where resistance has become a duty.

And the third and most important reason: there is a chance now. A major player in the world of media has profoundly brought himself into a mess (thanks 911veritas to give them the opportunity to react in the most stupid way imaginable...) and is under attack. Bring him down and make him work for the right side. The chance may be small, but it is there. Grab it.
I know there are some journalists just waiting for it.

http://www.petitiononline.com/wtc7bbc/petition.html

P.S.: If you think I am an arrogant German a**hole and need some corrections - all comments welcome ;-) But go sign that petition anyways. And if you think I'm right please pass this on and copy&paste this article to other sites. Or write a better one, if you are a native speaker that should be easy ;-) Spread the word. The BBC needs to be "freed".

P.P.S.: would be great if one of the mods could make this a news, unless you think this petition should be ignored. The comments and requests from 911veritas on that got buried somewhere in the comments already and no one sees it. Thanks!