[Our man in washington]

I wrote:

"The planes that the the World Trade Center could have cause more mayhem if they had hit lower, but we can't know the pilot's intention."

Gridlock replied:

"This has got to be the stupidest thing I have seen all year. Against some pretty stiff competition, BTW. How in the world do you cause more mayhem than the complete destruction of two 110 story skyscrapers by hitting them lower? They don't topple like trees, you know...

If the towers had been hit lower, I guess they might have collapsed somewhat faster. But they still would have fallen straight down."

I reply again:

Aw, come on. The guys at DU write stupider stuff than mine 100 times each day. But anyway, if the planes hit lower, a lot more people would have died. I should have said "casualties" rather than mayhem. True, the mayhem factor would be about the same.

[gridlock]

Aw, come on. The guys at DU write stupider stuff than mine 100 times each day.

True. That's why I generally avoid the guys at DU!

However, I think we can agree that the hijackers succeeded in their attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Peace, Dude!