TSBD Doorway man - Oswald or Lovelady?

[Greg Burnham]

Charles,

You really have a great deal of audacity questioning someone else's mental stability. Since I had the gall to admonish you for using offensive, juvenile terms like "short bus," you have kicked it up a gear. "Walking a straight line at the Special Olympics?" You do understand, do you not, that the Kennedy family is responsible for starting the Special Olympics?

Before Eunice Kennedy especially brought a new awareness to the subject, those who weren't fortunate enough to be born "normal" had to endure the ugly taunts of "retard." Do you call people "retard?" If you'd ever loved someone who rode the "short bus," believe me, you wouldn't find all this to be humorous.

I can't believe that a middle aged JFK assassination researcher would feel comfortable in cavalierly bandying about terms like "short bus" and using the Special Olympics for his own brand of lame "comedy." Do you laugh at children with Down's Syndrome? I broached this subject before, but again- to some of us this form of humor is akin to the "n" word.

How is no one else here offended by Charles' posts?

Don,

That you are offended by Charles' choice of words as he deflects some of the nonsense posted here by persons who should know better--in my view--is your problem. That Charles has, in no way, vilified those who are afflicted with unfortunate conditions--through no fault of their own--seems to have escaped you. Charles is not targeting the challenged soul; rather he is challenging those who are targeting honest research through the employment of fallacious arguments that are clearly disruptive and only are they innocent if explicable as due to impairment. However, if these arguments are being proffered by individuals who are "sound of mind" then there is no innocent explanation.

This is not the first time we have seen this kind of ridiculous argumentation. Gary Severson was a master of double and even triple-think when he would write about global warming. Whether or not global warming is significantly contributed to by humans is not the issue: The issue is the disruptive nature of the arguments he made in support of that thesis. Only if such circular arguments occurred on the short bus would there be an innocent explanation. Get it?

To name just two family members that rode the short bus: I have a nephew who has down syndrome and I love him dearly. My sister was in a wheelchair her entire life as she was born spina bfida, and she is the best person I have ever known. I am not offended even a little--and neither would she be. It is all about CONTEXT. Make no mistake, I would speak up for her if I was.