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In reply to the discussion: One last JFK poll just to prove or disprove a theory I have. [View all]RFKHumphreyObama
(15,164 posts)I guess I'd describe myself as ambivalent and I voted as such in the poll. I got interested in JFK very young (from about 9-10 years old) after reading about him in my set of World Book encyclopedias and listening to my mother talking about him.
My mother was born and raised in South East Asia. She was 17 at the time and, despite the proximity of distance from her country and the US and the fact that she had no ties there, she some members of the younger generations don't quite realize how much JFK's death impacted upon people even in the furthest parts of the globe, let alone America
I grew up in the era where conspiracy theories seemed to be the predominant consensus about the JFK assassination and it influenced my thinking during my formative years. I read countless books about the potential conspiracy theories and actually dragged my family along to watch Oliver Stone in the cinema. I used to be convinced beyond doubt that JFK's death was a conspiracy. In recent years, I've swung more toward the lone gunman theory but am still not definitively sure. I really don't think we'll ever know for certain