Josiah Thompson And The Umbrella Man

[Tommy Shanks]

Do you know of Tony Marsh? He was a very prolific poster on John McAdams forum. He seemed to be in failing health not long before John passed away so I don't know if he is still with us. He could be very obnoxious and he had many screwy ideas but he had as good a command of the facts as anyone I've encountered in 35 years of online discussions with JFKA conspiracy hobbyists. I actually learned some of the minute facts that I would otherwise have been unaware of had I not dueled with him online. His problem was that he had all that knowledge but he simply could not apply it in anything resembling a logical thought process. Like so many conspiracy hobbyists, he let his desired conclusions prevent him from objectively analyzing all that knowledge he had accumulated.

I don't know Josiah Thompson, (Tink as Tony referred to him) but he sounds like a much less obnoxious version of Tony. He may be very well versed on the facts of the JFKA but his analysis of those facts is FUBAR. An informed opinion is not necessarily a logical one.

I do remember Tony from old forums and newsgroups but I am pretty sure he passed away at some point in the last five years. Agreed: re: informed vs. logical opinion. I just like Thompson's style as relative to almost every other "well known" conspiracy researcher/author. Thankfully he doesn't trade in garbage like Oswald body doubles and altered autopsy x-rays.