What part of your claim and my rebuttal didn't you understand
You said: "And since the legal system in America *does* accept eyewitness testimony as "credible evidence", the WC was simply lying."
And I properly pointed out that "There is no such thing as the U.S. Judicial system accepting all eyewitness testimony as "credible evidence" as you claim."
I went on to clarify:
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My point was, which you omit, that it's up to the jury (in a jury
trial) or the judge, or in this case, the Warren Commission to
determine whether the witness(es) is credible or not. They are not automatically assumed to be credible by the judicial systen, which
is your claim.
My claim holds with or without the "all". But since you didn't limit
your claim in any way, I pointed out it doesn't apply to "all" witnesses.
I could have just as easily made the same point with the use of the word
"any":
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Stop right there. There is no such thing as the U.S. Judicial system
accepting *any* eyewitness testimony as "credible evidence" as you claim.
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or without any qualifier whatsoever:
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Stop right there. There is no such thing as the U.S. Judicial system
accepting eyewitness testimony as "credible evidence" as you claim.
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Eyewitness testimony can be presented at the hearing, the trial, the grand jury proceeding, whatever.
It's not deemed credible by the judicial system.
It's still up to the trier of fact to make that determination whether it's credible or not.
The Warren Commission made the determination that the witnessesto shots anywhere but the Depository weren't credible, as is their right. That's what they said. That's what you quoted.
Argue against the points I made, not the ones you wish to pretend I made.
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> But that's clearly not true. Henry simply lied in order to disagree
> with my post.
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> What I stated is ABSOLUTELY TRUE. The U.S. Judicial system does indeed
> accept eyewitness testimony as "credible evidence."
Not true. The judge, the jury, or in this case, the Warren Commissioners get to decide on an individual basis how much credibility to grant to each witness. They are not assumed to be credible, and the judicial system doesn't accept them as credible automatically. That's been my point all along.
Argue against the point I made, not the one you wish to pretend I made.
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> And since Henry couldn't publicly disagree with the truth, he was
> forced to lie about what I'd clearly stated in order to disagree.
I wasn't forced to lie about anything. I didn't lie. I pointed out you claimed that witnesses were granted credibility by the
U.S. judicial system, and that's simply not so.
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But you want to argue about whether you said "all" or simply implied "all".
Your point has no bearing on the subject unless the "all" is assumed. Because if it's not assumed, then credibility is judged by the trier of fact on an individual witness by basis basis, which is what I've been arguing all along.
It's not granted to all witnesses by the U.S. Judicial system. It's weighed on an individual basis.
So let's get to the point, does your claim make any sense on its face, and can you claim that the Warren Commission lied because, as you claimed: "And since the legal system in America *does* accept eyewitness testimony as "credible evidence", the WC was simply lying."?