25-06-2014, 02:31 PM
Bob Prudhomme Wrote:Tracy Riddle Wrote:Bob Prudhomme Wrote:Tracy Riddle Wrote:Remember that eyewitnesses are generally considered the least reliable form of evidence. As Harold Weisberg said, "My book is the one that does not draw upon eyewitnesses. They are the least dependable source of information..."
The human mind is a tricky thing, and everyone processes (and remembers) events differently, especially during a traumatic event. There have been many good experiments done on this subject.
Sadly, in this case, we have to rely more on eyewitnesses than we should because the ballistic/forensic/document/photographic evidence is not kosher.
If I only had a nickel for every time I heard this from the Lone Nut crew at the JFK Assassination Forum.
Really? They say things like, "Sadly, in this case, we have to rely more on eyewitnesses than we should because the ballistic/forensic/document/photographic evidence is not kosher"?
And just because the lone-nutters say something doesn't mean it isn't true. If John McAdams insists that the world is round, do we have to take the opposite position and insist that it's flat?
John McAdams wouldn't know the truth if it jumped up and bit him in the arse.
Bob, my point is that you can try to reconcile all of the eyewitness/earwitness statements in DP that day and it won't work. Believe me, I've tried. And it's not because all of the photographic evidence has been faked, or because half of the witnesses are lying, but it's because people perceive and remember events in different ways.