17-12-2008, 01:42 PM
Exactly why have we been largely unsuccessful? The obvious answers: refusal by the government to permit the truth, marginalized by the corporate media, apathy on the part of the public provides some of the answers.
Two larger issues present: (1) The public sees this as "ancient history" and does not put this act of official treason into a context that explains how we got here today, and what it all means.
(2) Divisions among us, the research community.
Thus far this forum is largely unified. For myself this is a unique experience. I have been in and around the assassination research community all of my adult life and the divisions never ceased to astound me. I accepted early on- as it was obvious- that many "researchers" were in fact agents whose purpose was to sow dissent. The media has utilized this to our great disadvantage with falsehoods like "there are as many theories as there are critics". Admittedly there are a few crackpot theories out there, total disinformation-( "Castro did it" comes to mind )- and I see one as of our goals at DPF is the creation of a unified research community whose goal is advancing the truth: As put by Jim Douglas "why he died and why it matters". I personally believe that it is also important that this be accomplished during the period of time where there are many still living who remember. Otherwise this will be like the Lincoln assassination.
Then we follow multiple directions: reaching out to members of the media, members of the government, etc. We have a few things on our side: The public at large has known for forty five years that the WC was a lie, we have a DA in Dallas who has gone on record that he never believed the official version. We have had many in government over the years who went on record with his/her disbelief in the WC fairytale. Had this not been so there would have not been a HSCA. HSCA's errors are our history lesson. And we know EXACTLY what "went wrong" with HSCA. (For those who do not a must read is Gaeton Fonzi's book The Last Investigation).
We have the truth on our side, and truth ultimately prevails.
Dawn
Two larger issues present: (1) The public sees this as "ancient history" and does not put this act of official treason into a context that explains how we got here today, and what it all means.
(2) Divisions among us, the research community.
Thus far this forum is largely unified. For myself this is a unique experience. I have been in and around the assassination research community all of my adult life and the divisions never ceased to astound me. I accepted early on- as it was obvious- that many "researchers" were in fact agents whose purpose was to sow dissent. The media has utilized this to our great disadvantage with falsehoods like "there are as many theories as there are critics". Admittedly there are a few crackpot theories out there, total disinformation-( "Castro did it" comes to mind )- and I see one as of our goals at DPF is the creation of a unified research community whose goal is advancing the truth: As put by Jim Douglas "why he died and why it matters". I personally believe that it is also important that this be accomplished during the period of time where there are many still living who remember. Otherwise this will be like the Lincoln assassination.
Then we follow multiple directions: reaching out to members of the media, members of the government, etc. We have a few things on our side: The public at large has known for forty five years that the WC was a lie, we have a DA in Dallas who has gone on record that he never believed the official version. We have had many in government over the years who went on record with his/her disbelief in the WC fairytale. Had this not been so there would have not been a HSCA. HSCA's errors are our history lesson. And we know EXACTLY what "went wrong" with HSCA. (For those who do not a must read is Gaeton Fonzi's book The Last Investigation).
We have the truth on our side, and truth ultimately prevails.
Dawn