29-08-2013, 01:16 AM
Marlene Zenker Wrote:The research community is aging - so many of us were alive in 1963 and old enough to remember and so many of us are already gone that I am worried that in addition to the obfuscation, lies, planted material, pro WC people and the government and mainstream media who will support the WC until the end of time that when we go most of the interest will go.
Please tell me I am wrong.
Unfortunately, you may be right. I am one of the later wave of researchers born after the assassination who became interested in the subject because of Oliver Stone's film. But that was more than 20 years ago. The farther we get from the event, the more it seems like ancient history to younger people.
I'm frequently accused of being a pessimist, and, well...I am. A pessimist with a sense of humor. I've tried to keep my hopes up over the years, but this country has been moving steadily towards a National Security State, and most Americans just can't be bothered to care.
On the other hand, look at how many books come out on the JFK assassination every year. It seems to be increasing. Back in the 1960s there were maybe 4 or 5 a year. Between 1969 and 1973 there were barely any. Same dry spell in the 1980s. In the last 20 years, though, there have been a flood. In the last decade, I can't even keep up anymore. There must be a market for them; there must be millions who still care.