05-03-2016, 09:04 PM
The links are working now.
My "two Oswald's" reference above was not at Caulfield, but referring to John Armstrong, a thorough researcher whom I respect, and whose work is worth studying in detail, even if I can't quite agree with his theory. It's unfortunately true that otherwise well meaning people did use that phrase in the 50's and 60's. I would point out that that period's "mainstream" opinions concerning minorities would be shockingly out of place by today's standards.
Look at the example of General Walker. His racist beliefs were so ingrained that he was willing to basically commit (or foment) treason rather than accept overdue reform. And he wasn't that far, ideologically speaking, from the mainstream at that time. You didn't have to be a Nazi to be a bigot.
Alan: There is ample evidence to support, let's say, "probable cause" that Oswald did take a shot at Walker. Or at least at his house. Certainly, most of that evidence is suspect (ahem - Marina), but that's pretty much true at this point for all of the JFK evidence. Testimony from wife Marina about Oswald's alleged "admissions" would not have been allowed into evidence at a Texas criminal trial. Assuming that Walker would have denied at trial that the bullet in evidence was the same bullet as the one pried from his wall (as he did historically), and assuming Oswald refused to confess (as he did historically), without Marina's testimony, the trial would have probably resulted in an acquittal.
The most fundamental problem with linking Oswald to the Walker shooting (as an arranged publicity stunt, as Caulfield suggests), is the fact that there is no evidence that Walker and Oswald ever met each other. (Oswald attended a Walker speech.)
My "two Oswald's" reference above was not at Caulfield, but referring to John Armstrong, a thorough researcher whom I respect, and whose work is worth studying in detail, even if I can't quite agree with his theory. It's unfortunately true that otherwise well meaning people did use that phrase in the 50's and 60's. I would point out that that period's "mainstream" opinions concerning minorities would be shockingly out of place by today's standards.
Look at the example of General Walker. His racist beliefs were so ingrained that he was willing to basically commit (or foment) treason rather than accept overdue reform. And he wasn't that far, ideologically speaking, from the mainstream at that time. You didn't have to be a Nazi to be a bigot.
Alan: There is ample evidence to support, let's say, "probable cause" that Oswald did take a shot at Walker. Or at least at his house. Certainly, most of that evidence is suspect (ahem - Marina), but that's pretty much true at this point for all of the JFK evidence. Testimony from wife Marina about Oswald's alleged "admissions" would not have been allowed into evidence at a Texas criminal trial. Assuming that Walker would have denied at trial that the bullet in evidence was the same bullet as the one pried from his wall (as he did historically), and assuming Oswald refused to confess (as he did historically), without Marina's testimony, the trial would have probably resulted in an acquittal.
The most fundamental problem with linking Oswald to the Walker shooting (as an arranged publicity stunt, as Caulfield suggests), is the fact that there is no evidence that Walker and Oswald ever met each other. (Oswald attended a Walker speech.)
"All that is necessary for tyranny to succeed is for good men to do nothing." (unknown)
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."
James Tracy: "There is sometimes an undue amount of paranoia among some conspiracy researchers that can contribute to flawed observations and analysis."
Gary Cornwell (Dept. Chief Counsel HSCA): "A fact merely marks the point at which we have agreed to let investigation cease."
Alan Ford: "Just because you believe it, that doesn't make it so."