# Jack Ruby

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-ruby/816281>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 17, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-ruby/816281 "2018-06-17T19:57:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-ruby/816281/1 "2018-06-17T19:57:02Z")

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I’m sending Jack Ruby to the pit.

Because the United States has a job that needs doing, and Lee Harvey Oswald is the only one in recent memory with a proven track record in that job.

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-ruby/816281/2 "2018-06-17T20:02:48Z")

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Anything in particular that has caused this feeling of desperation, a straw as it were, or have you been worn down by the constant war on decency that is our current administration?

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-ruby/816281/3 "2018-06-17T20:19:11Z")

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Just what we need - President Pence.  
No thank you.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-ruby/816281/4 "2018-06-17T20:37:01Z")

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From the Registration Agreement:

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> Do not post threats or state or imply that any individual or group is deserving of harm.

Saying that the assassination of the President is “a job that needs doing” is certainly in that category. This is closed.