Argumentative essay-Zeitgeist

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Kryštof Kořán

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Zeitgeist, the movie is split into three parts: Christianity, the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the U.S Federal Bank. I would like to consider the value of the statements which this movie presents.

The film is composed of various films clips, pictures and many quotations accompanied by comments. I, the viewer am also flooded with series of dates and facts the validity of which I have no way of confirming. It is hard to take a statement not supported by any provable evidence seriously. I now have to decide whether to trust what I am being told or think about the matter in further detail.

        The part of the film I found most interesting was number two: "All the World's A Stage". The topic here is the incident of 9/11 where two planes crashed into the twin towers in New York. I expected a factual explanation of what happened that morning. Instead I got a conspiracy theory of one sided arguments. I was sceptical at first but as the movie wore on I discovered there might be something to it after all.

The makers of the film claim that U.S. government was responsible for the planes crashing into the twin towers. They claim that the falling of the twin towers wasn’t due to the planes crashing into them but that they were brought down along with building 7 by controlled demolition. I would like to look into this matter.

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The first argument that was presented commented on the way the buildings went down. They fell in a “pancake” fashion. The buildings didn’t fall to the side instead they collapsed in on themselves.  Everyone who has seen a controlled demolition will know how the building will slide to the ground without damaging any neighbouring construction. Well if we look at the way the first 9/11 building fell we can see it collapsed in exactly this fashion. Coincidence? I believed so at first but when I found out it wasn’t only one building but all three that fell like this I ...

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