27-08-2012, 10:24 PM
Mark Prior Wrote:One poster wrote, "I shall not sit by quietly and allow second-rate minds to re-invent wheels." I don't feel wheels have been re-invented, but that they merely be turning ever so slow.
I am the "poster" in question. I am the poster boy of posters, apparently.
The "wheels" being "re-invented" I reference are the inartfully expressed, stale ideas you proffered as new in your essay.
Mark Prior Wrote:I joined this forum with exuberance and enthusiasm for the cause, and was met with the attitude of a W.C. Fields character, "Get outta here, son. You bother me."
As I previously noted, your work was given full and fair chance to compete in the marketplace of ideas maintained by DPF. It did not do very well on its own merits; my criticisms of your work should not be blamed for its myriad inherent weaknesses that are so obvious to so many.
Mark Prior Wrote:I caution the elite of this forum with the words of President Kennedy, ..."we are all mortal."
You are the last person by whom I will be cautioned about anything.
Mark Prior Wrote:What keeps this cause, OUR cause, yours AND mine, going is the participation of the younger generation.
Again, YOUR cause clearly has nothing in common with MY JFK-related causes.
Mark Prior Wrote:And as distasteful as it may be to those who hate to write in the common tongue, it would be more productive and constructive ensure that people do not have to frequently open up thesaurus.com to get your point.
Your advocacy for ignorance hardly is surprising.
Mark Prior Wrote:And forgive me for saying (but I'm sure some won't) the cause could use some more youthful enthusiasm and a little of that "pie in the sky" effort.
The unified "cause" of seeking truth and effecting justice in the matter of JFK's assassination remains in dire need of sophisticated, mature leadership -- leadership informed by the history and traditions of non-violent protest as practiced and evolved most notably by Gandhi and King.
Your "pie in the sky" nonsense must be roundly rejected as the naive, self-destructive nonsense that it is.
In closing, please note that I'm not prepared to share my good friend Peter Lemkin's suspicions regarding your motives and agenda.
Yet.