10-10-2010, 04:31 AM
Some years ago, in conversation with George Michael Evica, I opined that what he memorably termed that first "terrible sound" in Dealey Plaza was intended to provoke "cognitive dissonance" among those present.
More than a simple distraction, a loud and ominous noise akin to that which witnesses subliminally feared would occur during the motorcade was certain to blur perceptions for that brief but all-important timespan in which unclouded observations might have proved fatal for the conspiracy.
Over the intervening decades, that "terrible sound" has recurred in many forms -- audible and otherwise.
More than a simple distraction, a loud and ominous noise akin to that which witnesses subliminally feared would occur during the motorcade was certain to blur perceptions for that brief but all-important timespan in which unclouded observations might have proved fatal for the conspiracy.
Over the intervening decades, that "terrible sound" has recurred in many forms -- audible and otherwise.
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene