07-03-2014, 06:23 AM
David Josephs Wrote:---Magda Hassan Wrote:Good points David. I think it has to move away from focusing on Oswald and put it onto JFK. Why he was killed and why it matters.
Thanks Magda...
yet.... isn't your question simply moving us from one batch of minutia to another?
Can you state why DOES it matter to a 25 year old living in NY, or a 35 year old mom in Idaho - or anyone not on these forums - in language that they understand and is somewhat actionable?
What is the underlying "thing" that makes this knowledge compelling, necessary, and easily transferable?
I truly have not come upon an answer yet that makes sense to me... which is any different from, or I have any effect upon, why it matters that we invaded Iraq, put Aspertame in our diet drinks, poison our air and water,
or any of the other tragedies that befall humankind at the hands of humankind.
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You're in a room one evening laughing and talking with a group of non-JFK aware friends and one uninformed spouse asks, "So why do you believe Oswald didn't do it... and who did?"
You have a few sentences to make your point to those who have very little knowledge of the case...
What do you say?
I'm sincere here Magda... and I am not trying to put you on the spot... I'd welcome any response from anyone who graces these pages...
This has happened to all of us... if we can agree on an answer to that question, we have a chance at developing a plan of action to tell EVERYONE.
How do you describe the forest without naming all the leaves?
DJ
Since I'm a novice and not a researcher, it is easier for me to avoid getting bogged down in minutiae.
I don't know enough minutiae to get bogged down in. So I'll give ths a try.
A: So why don't you think Oswald did it...and who did?
B: (1) He had no motive. He never said a bad thing about Kennedy. And I don't think he was a good enough shot, especially with that terrible rifle.
(2) *If he did do it, he had help. There are a lot of suspects. The mob, anti-Castro Cubans, disaffected US officials.
(3) Where is JFK's brain anyway? Did you know that went missing after the autopsy?
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Those are reasonable, bite-sized answers people can understand.
Then if the conversation goes on, I'd want to mention 544 Camp Street.
If it goes on a little longer - Mexico City.
Why did LHO stamp the address of anti-Castro Cubans and an ex-FBI agent on his pro-Castro literature?
That's one people always get. And it's good too, because everyone who's looked at it - WC, HSCA & LN'ers all agree on that fact.
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In terms of PR, I think it's the LN'ers who have a problem. That's lasted for decades, despite a deluge of media bias.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/165893/majori...iracy.aspx
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*#2 is a 'for the sake of argument' statement. I'm personally convinced LHO wasn't even a shooter. But I wouldn't go there at the beginning of a casual conversation like the one we're given.