On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 13:11:49 +0100, Roland Perry wrote:
Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Chris Tolley remarked:
That does seem a bit like arguing that the people of Hiroshima survived
the dropping of the atom bomb and only died as a result of the
explosion. Unless you are suggesting that any architect who might have
envisaged an aircraft striking the WTC would not have foreseen that a
fire was likely.
You miss the point. The original assertion was about the *force* of the
impact. The OP didn't say "able to survive the impact of a jet aircraft".

I didn't miss that, but since I assumed that the OP knew full well (as
it has been one of the most broadcast incidents in history) that the
aircraft didn't push the buildings over, what he wrote wasn't quite what
he intended to convey.

There is an irony here which may be escaping you.
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