River Ape,
I am not trying to waste your time. Clearly, you're the expert on the JFK assassination here. I want to learn from you. You have all the information at your fingertips, apparently. I do not. I'm hoping you can clear up my misconception that there was only one shooter - Oswald. I'm willing to be convinced. So convince me.
On the contrary, the recently enhanced film shows a fine mist of blood and brain matter emerging from the front of his head.
I recall that I heard that someone faked such an effect but beyond that I have no information.
It's a common ploy of conspiracy theorists to explain away inconvenient truths by dismissing them as evidence deliberately doctored by people "in" on the conspiracy. But you could be right, of course.
I'm not familiar with the HSCA report, but I think it's safe to discredit any finding that the shots were fired from more than one direction. What was that finding based on?
Well, for one thing, on the fact that more than three bullets were fired.
Oh, is that a confirmed fact?
What's the evidence that there were more than three bullets fired? Where were all the extra bullets found? For that matter, how many bullets were found in total?
Chief of Police Curry was the senior police officer in the Presidential convoy -- and was very much there at the time! I think his opinion is to be taken seriously.
Of course, but it shouldn't be relied on solely. People make mistakes.
I had heard that JFK habitually wore a back brace.
Could that explain why the President slumped backwards, then?
I wonder if you were aware that more than one doctor at the Parkland Hospital has gone on record that the neck and head wounds were both entry wounds?
When did they go on record, and to whom? What was their involvement in the examination of the President? How closely did they examine the wounds?
Both Governor and Mrs Connally testified that Jacky spoke of having JFK's brains in her hands.
That may very well have been true, then. It doesn't mean the shot came from in front.
And you'd need to see a few to get an idea of the "standard" way that multi-story office buildings collapse.
No; multi-storey steel-frame office blocks DO NOT collapse even after far greater fire damage.
I think that rather than trying to discuss two conspiracy theories at once, I'll concentrate on the JFK shooting for the moment.
BUT you have a closed mind, and I rather think I am wasting my time.
I'm willing to be convinced, like I said. But I warn you that I
have seen quite a few documentaries on this event, from all kinds of different angles, including some conspiracy ones. I am also persuaded by some excellent debunkings of some of the standard conspiracy claims surrounding the event. But as I said earlier, I'm no expert on this. I haven't dedicated hours on end to examining the matter.
However, perhaps you would let me know if you support the original Warren Commission report in full (as far as you are aware of its major findings) and whether you accept the so-called "magic bullet" theory?
I'm aware of a number of flaws in the Warren Commission report, so you'd probably have to put specifics to me to see if I agree or not.
There's no need for a "magic bullet" theory, as far as I can see. One shot passed through Kennedy's neck and hit the Governor in the back. Another shot hit Kennedy in the back of the head; this was the fatal shot. Prior to both of those, there was one more shot, which may have hit a traffic light quite a bit before the point where the second shot hit Kennedy. As I understand it, that bullet was never found.
