Niximus
Brownlow Medallist
Great post. So essentially you're saying the terrorists chose the easier route of hijacking the planes and flying them into the building, rather than the (in your words) much more devastating effect of wiring up and demolishing the buildings.
Although I'm not sure people felt more terrorised by WTC 7 falling without being hit by a plane.
I think the visual of planes flying into the buildings, broadcast for all the world to see and instantly signaling a terrorist attack, following by the horror of seeing people jump to their death, and then seeing the smoldering buildings crumbling to the ground, was much more horrifying.
I mean you don't see people reeling in horror when they are sitting at home watching a casino in Vegas get demolished. I think the way it was done was designed for maximum psychological impact. If it was just wired up and demolished, we wouldn't have had those 2 hours of footage for our brains to accept what was happening, before seeing the buildings collapse.
If it was wired up and demolished it would have been more terrifying. People would be asking, is this building wired to go? is this one? is that one?