On Friday, February 19, 2021 at 7:55:08 PM UTC-5, Ben Holmes wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:17:39 -0800 (PST), Hank Sienzant
> <
hsie...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >On Monday, February 15, 2021 at 9:08:19 AM UTC-5, Ben Holmes wrote:
> >> On 16 Nov 2011 22:33:35 -0500, "Hank Sienzant (AKA Joe Zircon)"
> >> <hsie...@Aol.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Nov 10, 2:29 pm, Pamela Brown <
pamelaj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> ...
> >>>> For another, those in the CT movement are, or should be, encouraged to
> >>>> think for themselves. So where they may agree on some basics, they
> >>>> will disagree on other issues.
> >>>>
> >>>> It's not as though we are a bunch of parrots. :-)
> >>>
> >>>No, you're not. But with 1000 different Conspiracy Theorists advancing
> >>>1000 different Conspiracy Theories, it stands to reason that at a
> >>>minimum, 999 are wrong in their particulars.
> >>
> >> And 100% of them are right that more than one person was involved.
> >
> >What you specify is such a low bar to reach and you can't even do that.
> I'm just not stupid enough to accept a believer's definition of
> conspiracy... and you hate that.
>
> The EXACT same can be said of believers - who cannot come to a
> consensus on what Zapruder frame the SBT hit... but unlike believers,
> I would find it stupid to criticize you on such a basis.
Not close to the same thing. We (what you call perjoratively 'believers') agree that
1. Three shots were heard by the majority of witnesses.
2. Three shells were recovered from the sixth floor SE corner window of the Depository.
3. Numerous witnesses placed a shooter in that building.
4. Oswald's rifle was recovered from that building.
5. The witnesses described the shooter in terms that fit Oswald.
6. The shells recovered were fired from the rifle recovered.
7. two large fragments were recovered from the limo.
8. The two large fragments were most likely from the bullet that struck JFK in the head.
9. Those recovered fragments were fired from the rifle recovered.
10. A nearly whole bullet was recovered at Parkland Hospital, where the two shooting victims in the limo were taken.
11. That the nearly whole bullet fell out of Gov. Connally's pants leg onto his stretcher, then onto the floor on a different floor than Connally was on, but the same floor his stretcher was taken.
12. That nearly whole bullet was fired from the rifle recovered.
Hard evidence: #2, 4, 7, 10
Expert testimony: #6, 9, 12
Eyewitness testimony: #1, 3, 5, 11
What do you got that compares to that that all critics agree on?
> >As you're begging the question and assuming what you need to prove.
> >When will that proof be forthcoming?
> I need to prove to you that 100% of critics who accept a conspiracy
> believe that more than one person was involved?
Straw man argument. Not what I asked you to prove. I asked you to prove the conspiracy, not just assert it.
>
> The first thing that comes to mind... ARE YOU A MORON?
Of course that's the first thing that comes to mind - because you are stuck for a response to the question I asked, so you go straight to the logical fallacy of ad hominem (where you attack the messenger, not the message).
> > And if we raise the bar a little higher and ask what people were
> > involved, we're back to the thousand different theories, with all of
> > them disagreeing with each other, and no two agreeing on all the
> > supposed particular conspirators.
> And 100% of them are right that more than one person was involved.
> Shall we do it again?
You can repeat your logical fallacies all you wish, but it doesn't make your claimed conspiracy true, and it doesn't make every conspiracy theorist a believer in in.
> >>>And since you can't tell us which one is right, or even advance a
> >>>coherent theory about the assassination that makes sense, it also
> >>>stands to reason that the only explanation advanced to date that fits
> >>>the known evidence is still the best. And that would be the WC's
> >>>explanation.
> >>
> >>
> >> Untrue. You can't point to even so much as a *SINGLE* bit of evidence
> >> that my scenario contradicts.
> >
> > Shifting the burder of proof. I don't need to point out how your
> > theory is wrong. You need to establish it's correct. When do you
> > intend to start?
> Been there, done that... YOU ran away.
Nonsense Ben. You never cited the evidence for your scenario nor put up a defensible argument. You simply avoided that every time by claiming I already knew what you were citing - thereby having to defend any argument.
> > And do all conspiracy theorists agree with you on all your points?
> No more than all believers agree with you on all your points.
Again, false. See the above list for starters. Now list the shooting positions all conspiracy believers agree on, and cite the evidence for those. You won't do it, because you can't do it.
> > If not, we're back to the one out of a thousand being correct.
> Nope... we're back to all of them accepting that there was more than
> one person involved.
Again, a meaninglessly low bar. By definition, a conspiracy means two or more conspiring together. If that's all conspiracy theorists agree on, they agree on nothing meaningful.
>
> Don't you just HATE not being allowed to define the terms?
Don't you just hate having such a low bar, and not being able to raise it?
> > You say it's yours that is correct. But every conspiracy theorist says
> > that. What makes your theory special? It's correct? That's begging the
> > question once more.
> You say it's yours that is correct. But every believer says
> that. What makes your theory special? It's correct? That's begging the
> question once more.
>
You avoided the question.
And you forgot to snip it, Ben!
>
> >>>Unless you've got a better one.
> >>>Bet you don't.
> >>
> >>
> >> Clearly, I do. Not only does it explain evidence the WCR was afraid
> >> of, not a *SINGLE* believer has dared to respond or refute even so
> >> much as a *SINGLE* one of these posts - let alone all of them:
> >
> >> My Scenario - Part 1
> >>
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.conspiracy.jfk/y0hdkKgWvtI/3uukYgXeAAAJ
> >
> >You first part...
>
>
> Deleted.
Of course you deleted it. You have no meaningful response.
>
> If you're too frightened to click on the links, AND RESPOND TO THE
> POSTS, then there's no sense in pretending that you've answered
> anything at all.
Your challenge was "not a *SINGLE* believer has dared to respond or refute even so much as a *SINGLE* one of these posts".
I pointed out the problem with the initial link in your initial post. I need go no further until you establish that portion of your scenario is true.
Now you move the goalposts and claim I need to respond to every post. No. The ball remains in your court.
Nonsense. Where's your citations for the first link in the first post. It's a story with supposed anonymous sources.
>
> And neither is he capable of refuting my scenario.
Shifting the burden of proof. I don't need to refute it. You need to establish it.
>
> WHAT A COWARD!!!
Ad hominem. Attacking the messenger and avoiding the message. Cite the evidence for the first link in your first post.
Ball in your court.
Hank