Reply #68: You say you study history... but it appears you fail to learn from it...

[hlthe2b]

in my humble opinion.

The tremendous reaction that comes-- even so many years later as those who were alive and have some memory think back on that sad day in November--does not have to do with the myths that have come to surround JFK or the iconization of the man. That was a very different time and the assasination of a US President laid bare the huge vulnerabilities of this country, during a very insecure time. This was also the first time that such a huge domestic story literally played out on tv right before our eyes (Cronkites' and others' emotional reporting of the shooting and death, Oswald's shooting by Jack Ruby, the funeral and family reactions, the American public's shock and shared grief).

JFK was a flawed human being, like most. His potential was snuffed and I find it troubling that you would pre-judge that potential with your own detailed, yet highly disappointing picture of what that future would be--even to the point of filling in the words that JFK would have voiced...

My friend you may have read history, but you haven't allowed yourself to learn from that study. I was but a mere year older than you and my memories are from a child's perspective. Yet it is clear what a difference that year must make-- or, at least my more open embrace of that history, as I too have gone back to study.