Why I'm a conspiracy theorist...

[Shasta]

Unfortunately,
I'm too busy reading other books to investigate this.

I don't think you can be a conspiracy theorist if you're not willing to investigate.

[Sepia and Dust]

I've been to the grassy knoll many times, and the probability that a shooter was behind that fence
I put at around 95%.

Well, when you come up with something resembling evidence that doesn't rely on pulling numbers out of thin air, get back to me.

[JakeEpping]

I don't think you can be a conspiracy theorist if you're not willing to investigate.

I read countless books on the subject when I was a teenager....

I'm too old to go back and re-read them.

Basically, Oswald's connections to Jack Ruby, the mafia, the CIA, and other sinister political groups is well established.

If you think he was just some nutcase, you're mistaken.

Stephen King says that Oswald "got lucky", and compared it to winning the lottery. I thought
the chances of that were 1 in a billion, not 95 percent.

GRRR...

[JakeEpping]

Well, when you come up with something resembling evidence that doesn't rely on pulling numbers out of thin air, get back to me.

Read some good books on this subject like I did.

[Sundrop]

I always thought that a theory is so called because there is no actual proof.
It doesn't matter how many books full of theories you read, in the end they are still simply ideas......not facts

[GNTLGNT]

...my copy of the report is not redacted....and is pretty persuasive...till they veer into the whole "we never landed on the moon" stuff...

[Sepia and Dust]

I always thought that a theory is so called because there is no actual proof.
It doesn't matter how many books full of theories you read, in the end they are still simply ideas......not facts

Scientifically, it's actually the other way around. A true theory is essentially a fact. It differs from a law in that a law simply states that something will happen in a given situation, while a theory goes further and tells why it will happen.

As applied to the term conspiracy theory, it's being used in a much, much looser sense.

[dsurrett]

I've mentioned this on a 11/22/63 thread previously.
A man was a bishop in the church I'm a part of who was a mafia wise-guy prior to his becoming a Christian. When he was consecrated (like being ordained) as a bishop, members of all 5 New York crime families attended the service. I have several friends who attended as well.
I once heard him tell in detail (I wish I would've been taping it) how the mob was behind the Kennedy assassination. I don't remember many of the specifics, but he had indepth knowledge of it, and no doubt about who was responsible.
I tend not to believe most conspiracy theories, but have to lean toward accepting the one that says the mafia was behind the Kennedy assassination.

[RichardX]

Here is an excellent website that debunks the many conspiracy theories relating to the JFK assassination. Many of which continue to prosper in Internet lore despite being disproven many, many times over:

http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm

[JakeEpping]

I've mentioned this on a 11/22/63 thread previously.
A man was a bishop in the church I'm a part of who was a mafia wise-guy prior to his becoming a Christian. When he was consecrated (like being ordained) as a bishop, members of all 5 New York crime families attended the service. I have several friends who attended as well.
I once heard him tell in detail (I wish I would've been taping it) how the mob was behind the Kennedy assassination. I don't remember many of the specifics, but he had indepth knowledge of it, and no doubt about who was responsible.
I tend not to believe most conspiracy theories, but have to lean toward accepting the one that says the mafia was behind the Kennedy assassination.

YES.

Jack Ruby was mafia, Oswald was mob connected....

The connections go VERY deep.

Stephen King's choice not to explore these connections in the book is fine with me, its still a great book.

But it was 95 percent probability a conspiracy, not the vice-versa.