On Jan 5, 11:55 am, Ben Holmes <
ad...@burningknife.com> wrote:
> In article <
58401866-7ed4-49da-a4bd-4b2c554d9...@j4g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
No, it was yours. I expressed an idea and you tried to divert
attention away from that idea with a strawman.
>as I so eloquently pointed out - and you couldn't
> refute.
>
> Now, you somehow believe that the Warren Commission would willingly allow
> information that demolishes their theory of the case... I dispute that.
You said that, but isn`t worth anything.
> You can't answer...
>
> >> Why would the Warren Commission contradict their own story?
>
> > Again, I was talking about the witnesses.
>
> Still can't answer, eh [ad hominem removed]?
Why are you running from the idea I expressed? Why did you even
bother to respond if you weren`t going to address anything I said?
> >> You have no
> >> answer... you *KNOW* it's a prosecution effort on their part, and not any
> >> real investigation into the truth.
>
> > Thats your story. What I know is that when you question people you
> >never know what they are going to answer.
>
> You're a [ad hominem removed], "Bud".
You can`t seem to really contest the things I say. All you can do is
hurl insults.
> It's a FACT that the Warren Commission rather carefully elicited exactly the
> testimony that they wanted, and frequently went "off the record" to make sure
> that they were only covering what they wanted to have.
It`s a fact that this is nonsense, and you never know what a witness is
going to say. If Oswald mentioned to either of these witnesses that he
came for curtain rods, what magical powers did the WC possess that would
prevent them from mentioning this?
> There are numerous examples where eyewitnesses began to mention things that the
> staff didn't want in the record, and the topic was IMMEDIATELY changed to avoid
> further discussion...
Thats your reading of it. The fact is you can`t prevent these
witnesses from inserting anything they want to into the record, if
they blurt it it will appear.
> You're just a [ad hominem removed], because you *KNOW* these facts.
Don`t tell me what I know, what I know is that you can`t tell you
fantasies from facts.
> >What I know is that had
> >Oswald went to the Paine`s to retrieve curtain rods it would likely
> >appear in the testimony of one or both of these witnesses. You can`t
> >speak to this idea so you run from it, and try to misdirect towards
> >the WC.
>
> It's quite likely that they *could* have spoken on the topic. You confuse
> speculation with evidence.
You speculate that the WC would have prevented such talk.
> Nor is there any "misdirection" - it's simply the refutation that you can't
> answer.
It`s a strawman that leads in a direction that is pointless to pursue.
You want to misdirect away from the points I make with strawmen, so you
can bog the discussion down with things that are irrelevant to anything
I`ve said.
> >> So you can't answer.
>
> > Answer? You assume you are right about the the WC`s motivations and
> >you claim your assumption proves your assumption correct.
>
> You presume, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary, that the Warren
> Commission was after the truth.
After it and got it. This is shown in many ways, including the fact
that Oswald could muster no support from anyone for his curtain rod
story.
> You *KNOW* that this is untrue.
Save you empty, meaningless claims for those impressed by them.
> >> >> If there had been proper cross examination,
>
> >> > Is it "proper" for investigations to employ cross examination?
>
> >> If they want the truth, absolutely.
>
> > What investigation into a crime has ever used cross examination?
>
> What investigation used sworn testimony?
Sworn depositions are common. What does this have to do with cross
examination?
> >> The American justice system has long understood that the best way to arri=
> >ve at
> >> the truth is to have cross-examination.
>
> > It has also long understood that you can`t hold a trial with a dead
> >defendant.
>
> Meaningless.
The American justice system feels otherwise.
> You're again a [ad hominem removed]... you're trying to imply that cross-examination is only
> valid in a trial with a live defendant.
The only thing I am implying is that you were wrong when you claimed
that cross examination would have been "proper" in this investigation.
For one thing, how do you know who you would select would be
acceptable to Oswald?
> You're [ad hominem removed]...
It only looks that way to you because my ideas are better than
yours.
> >> You're merely a [ad hominem removed] for your refusal to admit this.
>
> > I understand that an apple is not an orange. An investigation and a
> >trial are different things.
>
> [ad hominem removed], aren't you?
No, it`s true, ask anyone.
> >> >> I'm quite sure that this would have
> >> >> been cleared up.
>
> >> >I`m quite sure that had Oswald said anything about curtain rods to
> >> >either of these women it would have surfaced somewhere in the testimony of
> >> >one or both of these witnesses.
>
> >> You're [ad hominem removed] again...
>
> > No, I am pretty sure it would have. It`s hard to imagine it not
> >being notbeing introduced had Oswald actually mentioned it to either
> >of these witnesses, and it`s hard to imagine him not mentioning it had
> >that been the real purpose of his visit like he told Frazier.
>
> You're [ad homimen] again...
>
> Tell us about the curtain rods that *ARE* in the case... you know, the ones that
> were fingerprinted...
If you have a point to make with these items, go right ahead.
> But you won't. If anything, you'll merely [ad hominem removed] about them...
You keep alluding to them, but you can`t seem to make a point using
them. Is it because you can`t take a supportable position using them?
> >> Indeed, we *KNOW* that there were curtain rods involved, the Dallas PD has
> >> published the fingerprinting of curtain rods...
>
> > This, of course, has nothing to do with what I said. Do I need to
> >repeat it. Did you even read what I wrote?
>
> Hmmm... [ad hominem removed]... aren't you?
Try addressing what I actually say, just to see what it`s like.
> >> A fact you can't explain...
>
> > Can you explain why the Dallas police department published this?
>
> Why would I care?
<snicker> YOU keep bringing it up!
Against my better judgment I will speculate an answer to your question.
I suppose it is likely that the items were fingerprinted in order to
prevent any defense attorney that Oswald might retain from making hay over
the fact that they didn`t fingerprint these items. If the DPD checks it
and Oswald`s prints are not found, then the defense can`t imply that if
they *had* been checked, Oswald`s prints might have been found. It`s
avoids the charge that the DPD was negligent in checking for evidence that
might help Oswald.
> The important thing is that this evidence shows what a [ad hominem removed] you are, and what
> liars the Warren Commission were.
In no way you can show, apparently.
> You know it, I know it, and any intelligent reader conversant with the basic
> facts of this case know it.
You aren`t going to stop until you employ every fallacy, are you?
> >> >As is often the case Oswald just doesn`t
> >> >get the support you might expect him to get if the things he said were
> >> >true. As always the CTers blame the WC for this. And after many interviews
> >> >by the authors of these myriad conspiracy books there is still no support
> >> >in sight.
>
> >> The support, [ad hominem removed], is what is needed for the fairy tale
> >> put forth by the Warren Commission.
>
> > And we have to ignore
>
> When you can't even show the case made by the Warren Commission - why are you
> worried at all about alternative explanations that *ARE* credible, and that *DO*
> fit the evidence?
I was only making the point that despite great effort the conspiracy
movement hasn`t found support from Marina and Mrs Paine that he went
there for curtain rods.
> >the lack of support for Oswald`s curtain rod story
>
> You're [ad hominem] again. Indeed, I just mentioned the support above, as well as a
> CREDIBLE reason for the lack of testimony on the issue, and you ran.
I don`t find the idea that these witnesses were aware that Oswald
came for curtain rods and never breathed a word of this to anyone is
credible. I don`t find the idea that Oswald could be going there for
curtain rods and neither woman be aware of it is credible, either. By
far the most credible reason that they didn`t mention anything about
curtains rods to anyone is that Oswald lied about going to the Mrs
Paine`s house to retrieve curtain rods.
> >developed by the countless self appointed defense attorneys
> >working on Oswald behalf? Why do I have to ignore this, because you
> >say so?
>
> You're not ignoring the evidence because I'm 'demanding' that you do - you're
> ignoring the evidence because it doesn't fit your faith.
>
> You, and your gutlessly yellow friends in the censored forum
I wasn`t aware I had any friends in the censored forum. They never
lend me money or help me move. Anyway, if I had such friends they
would be stalwart and brave, not retarded like your buddies over at
the nuthouse.
>will *NEVER* offer
> a credible and non-conspiratorial explanation for the curtain rods fingerprinted
> by the DPD, nor the inconvenient fact that curtain rods were put up in Oswald's
> room on Saturday.
Aren`t there pictures of them being put up?
But by all means, I love a good conspiracy yarn, lets hear your
conspiratorial explanation.
> Nor will you give a credible reason for why the Warren Commission hid these
> facts.
The WC wasn`t even formed by Saturday.
> >> You can't give credible and non-conspiratorial explanations for the evide=
> >nce,
> >> and you *KNOW* you can't.
>
> >> The curtain rod fingerprinting, for example.
>
> > You are lost in a discussion, aren`t you? I make the point "A", and
> >you say "No, no, no, you must address "B"!" Why don`t you ever have to
> >address my "A", why must I always address your strawmen?
>
> You ask me to address speculation, I point out that you MUST address the
> evidence.
Can you produce something from the DPD stating why they
fingerprinted these curtain rods?
> Embarrassing for you [ad hominem], isn't it?
Where would you guys be without speculation?
And isn`t it true that you can`t come out and state a position on
many of these issues because you really can`t support a position?
> Why are you [ad hominem]?
I didn`t ask for another example, I asked why you were hiding behind
it.
> >Lane claimed the WC was
> >misleading by saying the LMR said the bag was heavy. It does appear in
> >evidence that she said this.
>
> No [ad hominem], it appears in hearsay ...
No silly, it appears in evidence. The FBI report is in evidence, and
Lane was aware of it.
>stick to the testimony and make your point.
No, you are mistaken again, I can stick to any evidence I like.
CTers use this report all the time in support of ideas of theirs.
> >Was Lane ignorant of the FBI report this
> >information appears in. Unlikely, he just ignored it because it
> >interfered with his deception of the reader.
>
> Au contraire, it's *YOU* that's desperate to find a lie on Mark Lane's part, and
> cannot admit that Mark Lane is demolishing your faith.
I wouldn`t call this example a lie, just him being deceitful to the
reader. It made it seem that the WC was mistaken and misleading when it
said the bag contained something heavy when it was just information
supplied to the FBI from the witness herself.
> >> >> Anyone can read Mrs. Randle's testimony, and see the same thing that M=
> >ark
> >> >> Lane points out.
>
> >> > =A0Anyone can read the FBI report and see that Lane is caught being
> >> >deceitful once more.
>
> >> You're [ad hominem] again...
>
> > Well, you can`t, none of Lane`s lies show on your radar.
>
> Sorry stupid... you need to QUOTE a "lie" on Mark Lane's part, then cite the
> evidence that he contradicts.
I just did. The FBI report.
> The Warren Commission lied repeatedly about the evidence, and you can't accept
> that simple truth... why?
You are lost without your security blanket of blaming the WC, aren`t
you? Why did you even start this series if you had no attention to
anyone who scrutinizes what Lane wrote?
You are running. Where is the contradiction?
> >> Rather [ad hominem removed] of you, isn't it?
>
> > Lets see you quote the testimony where Randle contradicts the
> >information from the FBI report where she indicated the bag contained
> >something heavy.
>
> You are, of course, asserting that this is EXACTLY the case...
You aren`t producing any testimony from Randle that contradicts the
FBI report, why is that?
> > My crystal ball tells me you will run from this.
>
> My crystal ball tells me that you'll snip the fact that you're a [ad hominem]... and
> can't admit that you are desperate to use hearsay to rebut eyewitness testimony.
What testimony? Quote Randle saying something in her testimony that
contradicts what appears in the FBI report about the bag appearing to
contain something heavy.
My crystal ball was dead on, you`ve put on your running shoes. This
often happens when you are challenged to put up.
> >> >> Rather
> >> >> [ad hominem removed] and [ad hominem removed] of you, isn't it?
>
> >> [ad hominem removed], aren't you?
>
> > Says the person who hides from me from behind his filter.
>
> You know, I think I might stop visiting the censored forum too.
Make it official, it allows me to insult you there.
> I'm wasting my time responding to [ad hominem].
It`s tough be called upon to support your own words, isn`t it? You
claimed there was a contradiction, I asked to show it, you got
nothing.
> >> > =A0Heres the idea again, see if you can speak to it...
>
> >> > =A0A married man goes to visit his estranged wife for the expressed pur=
> >pose
> >> >of retrieving curtain rods. Despite intense scrutiny of his stay no one
> >> >can show that this man ever mentions curtain rods to his wife.
>
> >> You're [ad hominem removed] again...
>
> > In what way is what I wrote untrue?
>
> In what way is what *I* just stated untrue?
I didn`t call you a liar. You said I was one right under what I
wrote, but when I ask you to point to the lie you got nothing again.
> >> >I sure this
> >> >is the common and expected course of events, on the planet Bilzblam. On
> >> >Earth, not so much.
>
> >> It is indeed a common experience to see you [ad hominem removed] so frequ=
> >ently.
>
> > You can`t show that anything I wrote is untrue.
>
> You're [ad hominem] again...
Ok, you just haven`t. I guess maybe you can, but we`ll never know,
all you have is ad hominem to offer.
> >I have shown that
> >what Lane wrote is untrue, and that bugs you.
>
> Well, you can dream, I suppose...
>
> > Despite your efforts to turn the focus on to the WC this is about
> >what Lane said. He said the WC was misleading by saying that LMR
> >indicated the bag she saw was heavy.
>
> Yep... they did. They had her right there in front of them, and REFUSED to
> elicit the very statement that they later claimed she'd said.
Thats merely a criticism. No matter what they asked her someone could
say they should have asked her this or that. But what you claimed was a
contradiction between what her testimony was about whether the bag
contained something heavy and what appeared in the FBI report.
> >But the investigation turned up
> >this very information.
>
> The investigation also turned up James Chaney's assertion that separate bullets
> struck JFK and Connally.
>
> I defy you to produce the Warren Commission's statements to this effect.
He said Kennedy was struck in the face, and he wasn`t. I think he
said that Connally was struck after Kennedy was hit in the head. You
can`t expect the witnesses to get things perfect under these
circumstances.
> >Lane knew about this information, but neglected
> >to inform his readers about it,
>
> The Warren Commission knew about this information, but neglected to inform their
> readers about it.
Why are you producing excerpts from Lanes book? You don`t seem to
have any interest in scrutinizing anything the man wrote.
> >opting to focus on evidence where the
> >subject of weight was never discussed.
>
> Yep... unlike the Warren Commission - he stuck to the eyewitness' actual
> STATEMENTS under oath.
What did she say under oath about the bag appearing heavy?
> >I am dishonest, lying scoundrel.
>
> Yep. I agree.
You changed what I wrote. Pretty low, even for you.