On The Trail Of Delusion

[Richard Smith]

How hard is it to answer a simple question?

So, I ask Richard Smith a simple question and he writes a super long winded post still evading what I asked him.

Richard Smith claimed that Oswald "never had a sense of humor".

I simply asked Richard how would he know that since he never met the man.

He still refuses to answer that question and can only respond with personal insults and false accusations as usual. 

I still don't see anybody agreeing with him.

Question for Richard Smith: How do you know Lee Harvey Oswald never had a sense of humor when you never knew the man personally?   

Imagine Rick of all people complaining about "long winded" posts!  HA HA HA.  The absolute king of long, rambling endless rants thousands of words long.  I've explained this you.  Multiple times now. Thousands of books and millions of pages written about Oswald.  No such examples.  And you have provided none.  Zero.  Got it?  Now how about you answer the very simple question that I posed to you?  What point are you trying to make in this context?  Are you suggesting that Oswald wrote "Hunter of Fascists.  HA HA HA" on the BY photo because he had a secret sense of humor? 

[Martin Weidmann]

Imagine Rick of all people complaining about "long winded" posts!  HA HA HA.  The absolute king of long, rambling endless rants thousands of words long.  I've explained this you.  Multiple times now. Thousands of books and millions of pages written about Oswald.  No such examples.  And you have provided none.  Zero.  Got it?  Now how about you answer the very simple question that I posed to you?  What point are you trying to make in this context?  Are you suggesting that Oswald wrote "Hunter of Fascists.  HA HA HA" on the BY photo because he had a secret sense of humor?

Thousands of books and millions of pages written about Oswald.  No such examples.  And you have provided none.

Amazing. "Richard" cites books filled with the opinions of others and most likely written by LNs and concludes that Oswald had no sense of humor, simply because he could not find an example in a book. How shallow superficial can you be?

Are you suggesting that Oswald wrote "Hunter of Fascists.  HA HA HA" on the BY photo because he had a secret sense of humor?

The answer to that loaded question would of course be no, because it clearly wasn't the handwriting that some people claim was Oswald's


Btw Richard, are you still foolishly trying to suggest that Marina wrote that text, now that you have seen that she denied it herself in her HSCA deposition on September 20, 1977

https://www.jfk-assassination.net/russ/jfkinfo4/jfk12/marinade.htm  (thanks to Jerry Freeman for the link  )

Q. Did you ever write anything on the back of either the original or a copy of one of these photographs?
A. No.
Q. Did you ever write a note or anything to George de Mohrenschildt on the back of the original or a copy?
A. No.
Q. Are you sure of that?
A. Yes.

You did see that, didn't you? Of course you did... better not acknowledge it or even respond to it, because that way I can use the same bogus claim again in the future, right?

[Rick Plant]

Imagine Rick of all people complaining about "long winded" posts!  HA HA HA.  The absolute king of long, rambling endless rants thousands of words long.  I've explained this you.  Multiple times now. Thousands of books and millions of pages written about Oswald.  No such examples. And you have provided none.  Zero.  Got it?  Now how about you answer the very simple question that I posed to you? What point are you trying to make in this context?  Are you suggesting that Oswald wrote "Hunter of Fascists.  HA HA HA" on the BY photo because he had a secret sense of humor?

And Richard still hasn't answered the question.    

I don't have to provide anything. You're the one who made the claim that Oswald "never had a sense of humor".

The burden of proof is on YOU to prove that. And you are doing everything possible to evade the question. 

Question again for Richard: How do you know Lee Harvey Oswald never had a sense of humor when you never knew the man personally?       

[Paul May]

And Richard still hasn't answered the question.    

I don't have to provide anything. You're the one who made the claim that Oswald "never had a sense of humor".

The burden of proof is on YOU to prove that. And you are doing everything possible to evade the question. 

Question again for Richard: How do you know Lee Harvey Oswald never had a sense of humor when you never knew the man personally?     

Seriously? After 58 years an argument ensues over whether Oswald had a sense of humor? Seriously?

[Rick Plant]

Seriously? After 58 years an argument ensues over whether Oswald had a sense of humor? Seriously?

There's no need for an argument. Richard Smith made an absolute statement and I simply asked him a question. He turned it into an argument in order to evade the question.     

[Martin Weidmann]

There's no need for an argument. Richard Smith made an absolute statement and I simply asked him a question. He turned it into an argument in order to evade the question.     

Indeed. 

[Dan O'meara]

And Richard still hasn't answered the question.    

I don't have to provide anything. You're the one who made the claim that Oswald "never had a sense of humor".

The burden of proof is on YOU to prove that. And you are doing everything possible to evade the question. 

Question again for Richard: How do you know Lee Harvey Oswald never had a sense of humor when you never knew the man personally?     

Just to put an end to this nonsense.

In Reply #116 Richard made this statement - "Oswald had no apparent sense of humor."
In Reply #129 you asked - "How do you know Oswald had no "apparent sense of humor"? Did you know the man personally to know that?"
By Reply #133 you are accusing Richard of making an "absolute statement" about Oswald, but the fact is by using the word "apparent" Richard is not making an absolute statement.
You then do something very deceptive.
In Reply #156 you ask - "Have you hung out with Lee Harvey Oswald to know that he didn't have a sense of humor?"
But Richard never said Oswald didn't have a sense of humour, that is an absolute statement. He said Oswald had no apparent sense of humour, which is not an absolute statement as it means Oswald's sense of humour is not apparent to Richard. It's an opinion. Not an absolute statement as you keep insisting.
You then do something truly deceptive. You actually change what Richard said. In Reply #168 you post - "That's why Richard Smith's claim that Oswald was "never humorous" is absolutely ridiculous..."
By putting "never humorous" in quotation marks you are implying this is what Richard actually said but it is something you have completely made up.
Then you go even further. In Reply #189 you make this outrageous claim - "You made an absolute statement about Lee Harvey Oswald regarding his personality stating "he never had a sense of humor" but you never met the man to know if he never had a sense of humor as you claimed."
So you have twisted "Oswald had no apparent sense of humor" into Oswald was "never humorous" and then into "he never had a sense of humor".

How can you justify this