01-02-2014, 07:26 PM
Jim,
Yes, the small audience included a couple of screwballs, as described above by Jim Hargrove.
But I was saddened to see that the small gathering was almost exclusively senior citizens. While there was one high school student (age 18) who asked a perceptive question ("Why was JFK assassinated in broad daylight?"), there were no young people in the audience.
This event took place on the campus of a major American university, and it included four of our outstanding researchers on the JFK assassination. Yet, the UNLV student body apparently took no interest in attending the film screening or the discussion. Setting aside the obvious distractions on a Friday night in Las Vegas, the obvious conclusion is that the JFK assassination is not being discussed in the curriculum in higher education today.
In my opinion, this is a tragedy.
James
P.S. I also followed closely the blog occurring simultaneously with the conference. As these free-wheeling blogs go with people writing under pseudonyms, I was impressed with a number of the commentators who truly appreciated the contributions of the panelists.
Yes, the small audience included a couple of screwballs, as described above by Jim Hargrove.
But I was saddened to see that the small gathering was almost exclusively senior citizens. While there was one high school student (age 18) who asked a perceptive question ("Why was JFK assassinated in broad daylight?"), there were no young people in the audience.
This event took place on the campus of a major American university, and it included four of our outstanding researchers on the JFK assassination. Yet, the UNLV student body apparently took no interest in attending the film screening or the discussion. Setting aside the obvious distractions on a Friday night in Las Vegas, the obvious conclusion is that the JFK assassination is not being discussed in the curriculum in higher education today.
In my opinion, this is a tragedy.
James
P.S. I also followed closely the blog occurring simultaneously with the conference. As these free-wheeling blogs go with people writing under pseudonyms, I was impressed with a number of the commentators who truly appreciated the contributions of the panelists.