“The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.” -Hungarian proverb.
As is to be expected, there have been a multitude of TV shows about Kennedy and the assasination this week - over the past couple of weeks actually. I haven't watched any of them, but I did see an interview Matt Lauer did on the Today show.
I don't remember who he was interviewing, but he asked them about conspiracy theories. The interview brushed them off as nonsense, then went on to offer his opinion on why these theories exist to this day. Basically, he seemed to feel it was an emotional response. He even hinted that those who believe that a conspiracy existed are a little flakey.
Well, I'm probably one of those flakes. I don't wholehearted believe that there was a conspiracy, but there are so many strange happenings that surround the incident and so many unanswered questions, that leave me wondering.
There are conflicting stories about the body, the wounds, the autopsy and some who say the body went missing for a time. There are witnesses who claim to have seen another gunman or shots from the grassy knoll. There are people involved who died under seemingly mysterous circumstances. There are expert riflemen who have tried to duplicate Ozwald's feat of firing all three shots, and failed. And what about the "Magic Bullet theory" - the one that claims Governor Connally was killed by the same bullet that killed JFK.
Too many question marks exist without enough satisfactory answers for me. Both the conspiracy theorists and the single gunman theorists seem to go through all sorts of hoops to prove their pet theory. Each question answered seems to open more questions to ponder. There are elements from each side that leave me wondering, what if. Forty years later, and still I'm left wondering. Still unconvinced that either side is right.
Posted by Cyberkat at November 23, 2003 5:06 PM | TrackBack