# Who killed JFK?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 4, 2000, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-jfk/17767 "2000-03-04T04:55:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2000, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-jfk/17767/21 "2000-03-20T22:14:00Z")

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I have two comments to make about Oliver Stone, neither one complimentary:  
1)He seemed to follow, for _JFK,_ the rationale of former New Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison, according to whom not only was there a conspiracy, but all evidence that contradicts Jim Garrison is either false or doctored by the CIA. (The Paranoids are out to get him! ;))  
2) He had the _chutzpah_ to speak before Congress on this issue; I don’t believe he did this out of any altruistic ideal but rather to gain immense publicity and generate ticket sales for his movies. (sarcasm)  
In any case, Stone is a filmmaker, not a historian or investigator. I would just as soon expect archaeologists to see the Indiana Jones movies and then ask Spielberg for advice or assistance! In a pig’s eye!! The Kennedy assassination is the bailiwick of Federal (and Texas state) investigators, not filmmakers’!!

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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-jfk/17767/22 "2000-03-21T03:35:00Z")

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> Originally posted by StrTrkr777:  
> **No one killed JFK. He was killed by a mean spirited and hateful gun.**

I know you’re joking, but you DO realize, don’t you, that it would’ve been a lot harder for LHO to kill JFK with a bow and arrow?

I guess an occaisional assassination is the price we all have to pay for freedom…

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When all else fails, ask Cecil.

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**Author:** ![Breckinshire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@Breckinshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breckinshire)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-jfk/17767/23 "2000-03-21T03:43:00Z")

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The Beatles. Don’t scoff. Pull up a chair and listen.

JFK was against the Beatles because they represented the “evil” British Empire, who, a mear 200 years ago, actually fought with us on OUR soil. He put into congress a law that would have made illegal any musician that was so popular among the young people --an obvious British plot to recruit from within. However, Elvis put the pressure on Congress, and they backed down. Then, Castro embroidered a new tea cozy for Stalin, and all hell broke loose.

In short, why the hell does my Pepsi cap have “Duke University” printed on it? Did I actually win Duke? I called them up and they mocked me. I’ll be sure to have them all fired when I’m signing the checks.

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