09-07-2010, 01:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-07-2010, 06:51 AM by Frank Nelson.)
Someone will find fault with most anything posted on the Internet.
I’ve re-written this several times and I’m sure someone will still find fault with it but here goes:
The comments I made on the Dallas blog were not directed at Robert Groden; they were directed at ALL those that hang around the plaza targeting visitors that come to take photos and pay their respects to JFK. What the media in Dallas is calling “vendors” to me are (from personal experience with a lot of them): street hustlers and panhandlers.
It's obviously a "monkey see-monkey do" scenario in Dealey Plaza. Evidently, vendors/hustlers observe a researcher such as Mr. Groden marketing his research in the Plaza and they want to sell their stuff too (some of the "stuff" I've been offered by these creeps when I turn down the "Historic Journals" has been drugs, prostitutes, weapons, cell phones, DVD players, flat screen TV’s, deals on used cars, trucks, SUV’s, jewelry, computer laptops, DVD’s, etc.) You name it and someone is hustling it in Dealey Plaza.
This entire “circus market atmosphere” at the site where President Kennedy was ambushed and murdered makes me sick to my stomach.
I, like some folks, am wondering, "what's the big deal in Mr. Groden operating his shop from inside the museum?" The "gusano" remark I made came from comments I’ve been getting privately and what I read in postings on the Internet. Some people don’t trust Mr. Groden’s intentions. Those here who took my remarks on that Dallas blog to be an attack on Mr. Groden are wrong. What he does in Dealey Plaza is between him, city officials and the IRS.
The portion of the public that has rejected the 2 major federal investigations (WC & HSCA) made those rejections before the 6th Floor Museum materialized. Some people feel it is part of the continuing history of the JFK assassination and should be included in the museum's offerings but its exclusion is not going to change public opinion about the case because there is too much material available on the Internet and in libraries that reflect the public’s dissatisfaction with those past Federal investigations and reports IMO.
Again, I feel it's wrong for any "vendors" to invade the privacy rights of visitors to Dealey Plaza by creating and maintaining a carnival “market” atmosphere at the place where JFK was ambushed and killed and I support city efforts to restore dignity to the site. Why Mr. Groden was arrested instead of those assaulting visitors is a question that I assume will be answered when his lawsuit is presented in Court.
Recapping again: my comments on the blog were written from the perspective of visitors going to Dealey Plaza to quietly pay their respects to JFK and what they encounter after they park their cars and move about the site.
There are a lot of people watching this story with interest because if it does go to trial whatever is decided by a judge or jury may be mimicked at other famous sites in Texas.
I personally got tired of being targeted by those “vendor” creeps (I am not talking about Mr. Groden, people!) each time I visited the Plaza, took a ton of digital photos my last visit and just quit visiting Dealey Plaza entirely. Now when I want to visit the site I do so on my PC.
best to all,
Frank Nelson
I’ve re-written this several times and I’m sure someone will still find fault with it but here goes:
The comments I made on the Dallas blog were not directed at Robert Groden; they were directed at ALL those that hang around the plaza targeting visitors that come to take photos and pay their respects to JFK. What the media in Dallas is calling “vendors” to me are (from personal experience with a lot of them): street hustlers and panhandlers.
It's obviously a "monkey see-monkey do" scenario in Dealey Plaza. Evidently, vendors/hustlers observe a researcher such as Mr. Groden marketing his research in the Plaza and they want to sell their stuff too (some of the "stuff" I've been offered by these creeps when I turn down the "Historic Journals" has been drugs, prostitutes, weapons, cell phones, DVD players, flat screen TV’s, deals on used cars, trucks, SUV’s, jewelry, computer laptops, DVD’s, etc.) You name it and someone is hustling it in Dealey Plaza.
This entire “circus market atmosphere” at the site where President Kennedy was ambushed and murdered makes me sick to my stomach.
I, like some folks, am wondering, "what's the big deal in Mr. Groden operating his shop from inside the museum?" The "gusano" remark I made came from comments I’ve been getting privately and what I read in postings on the Internet. Some people don’t trust Mr. Groden’s intentions. Those here who took my remarks on that Dallas blog to be an attack on Mr. Groden are wrong. What he does in Dealey Plaza is between him, city officials and the IRS.
The portion of the public that has rejected the 2 major federal investigations (WC & HSCA) made those rejections before the 6th Floor Museum materialized. Some people feel it is part of the continuing history of the JFK assassination and should be included in the museum's offerings but its exclusion is not going to change public opinion about the case because there is too much material available on the Internet and in libraries that reflect the public’s dissatisfaction with those past Federal investigations and reports IMO.
Again, I feel it's wrong for any "vendors" to invade the privacy rights of visitors to Dealey Plaza by creating and maintaining a carnival “market” atmosphere at the place where JFK was ambushed and killed and I support city efforts to restore dignity to the site. Why Mr. Groden was arrested instead of those assaulting visitors is a question that I assume will be answered when his lawsuit is presented in Court.
Recapping again: my comments on the blog were written from the perspective of visitors going to Dealey Plaza to quietly pay their respects to JFK and what they encounter after they park their cars and move about the site.
There are a lot of people watching this story with interest because if it does go to trial whatever is decided by a judge or jury may be mimicked at other famous sites in Texas.
I personally got tired of being targeted by those “vendor” creeps (I am not talking about Mr. Groden, people!) each time I visited the Plaza, took a ton of digital photos my last visit and just quit visiting Dealey Plaza entirely. Now when I want to visit the site I do so on my PC.
best to all,
Frank Nelson