DVP's 2 cents (maybe 3).....
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GARRY PUFFER SAID:
The Warren Commission Report is nearly 900 pages accompanied by 26
volumes of testimony and evidence (but no index).
DAVID VON PEIN SAID:
Better look again. The Warren Commission Report and its associated
volumes actually include MULTIPLE indexes. Let's have a gander (the
first one shown below is in the 888-page Warren Report itself, while
the last two are in Volume 15; so, yes, you do need to know where to
look for these indexes, but once you know where they are, then it's a
snap to access them at any time in the future, particularly nowadays
when every page of this material is available on the Internet):
WARREN REPORT APPENDIX V (INDEX OF WITNESSES):
http://history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wr/html/WCReport_0254a.htm
WARREN COMMISSION INDEX OF NAMES:
http://history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh15/html/WC_Vol15_0382a.htm
WARREN COMMISSION INDEX OF EXHIBITS*:
http://history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh15/html/WC_Vol15_0406a.htm
How many more indexes do you require?
* The "Exhibits" index linked above only goes up to CE1053, and that's
because it's an index that provides information as to what volume
number and page number to go to in order to find out when a particular
exhibit was first introduced into evidence with a witness on the
stand. The other 2,000 "CE" exhibits are not listed in that index, and
that index doesn't actually tell the reader where to go in the volumes
to locate a picture of the exhibit itself. But, of course, even a
second-grader who knows anything about the general structure of the WC
volumes would have no difficulty in locating photos of all the
Commission exhibits themselves -- just go to Volumes 16-26.
GARRY PUFFER SAID:
That is a massive number of pages for something of such poor quality.
DAVID VON PEIN SAID:
You're obviously buried in conspiracy quicksand, Garry. The fact is,
the Warren Commission Report and volumes are massively comprehensive
(certainly comprehensive enough to determine what needed to be
determined--i.e., Who Shot JFK and did he do it alone?). Naturally,
you totally disagree. Well, what's new there?
The Warren Commission's biggest mistake was not taking a closer look
at the autopsy photos and X-rays. Therefore, we had to rely on
inaccurate drawings made by Mr. Rydberg.
But the conspiracists who think they can use the Rydberg drawings to
discredit the WC's findings are sorely mistaken, and that's because
the NEXT investigation (the HSCA) DID examine the autopsy pictures and
X-rays in detail (and confirmed their authenticity), and the HSCA/FPP
came to the same identical conclusion that the WC came to -- JFK was
shot just twice, with both bullets entering his body FROM BEHIND. And
the Clark Panel in 1968 and the Rockefeller Commission in 1975 came to
the very same identical conclusion as well. Were they ALL liars?
GARRY PUFFER SAID:
Any good history book indexes the subjects as well as names.
DAVID VON PEIN SAID:
The Warren Commission Report (WCR) itself is indexed by subject (and
very nicely too)--it's called the "Table Of Contents", and it's quite
detailed, with tons of sub-topics listed. Each sub-topic is then
sourced within each section.
In fact, I've always been very impressed by the WCR's Table of
Contents section. Quite useful indeed. I use it often.
GARRY PUFFER SAID:
It is a researcher's nightmare to approach 26 volumes with a topic in
mind only to find out there is no way to find anything. Listing three
indexes that are fairly useless on their own is typical of the way you
argue your points.
DAVID VON PEIN SAID:
You're silly. The Warren Commission's indexes are just fine and
provide direct "Volume No." info for every single witness and every
single name that appears in the WCR and volumes. And as I just
mentioned, the WCR's Table of Contents is, essentially, a "subject
index". And a very useful one too. You require way too much from the
Commission in this "index" regard. And the "List of witnesses" is
something that I'll bet a lot of researchers aren't even aware is in
the WCR (Appendix V).
That witness index gives instant info as to what Volume No. (and page
number) to go to to find that witness' testimony and, in many cases,
their affidavits too. It's a very handy Appendix that is just as good
as a "Subject Index" for most researchers, and that's because the
researcher pretty much already knows what "subject" the individual
witness in the "List of Witnesses" is connected to. And for those
newbie researchers who don't know Jim Humes from Ruth Paine, they can
easily find the material on any specific subject by utilizing the
WCR's Table Of Contents, which, as mentioned, is incredibly detailed.
Naturally, all of these things aren't nearly good enough for Mr.
Puffer. But they certainly should be good enough for anyone who isn't
desperate to dismantle the WCR and its work. (But is there a
conspiracy theorist in the world who ISN'T desperate to perform such a
task, no matter how silly and nitpicky their complaints are?)
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