I am seriously thinking about closing down this forum

[dankbaar]

Because the same stupid myths keep coming up time and again, even from my best supporters. Steve Manning just started a thread on the "credibility"of Gill Jesus that JFK was "coughing up a bullet" that hit him in the throat.I believe I better spend my time on improving the website, dispelling those myths, instead of addressing them here time and again. Wim

[Bob]

Don't do it Wim! This forum has NEVER been better. Yes...I'm sure there are things posted that upset you, but we have accumulated some superb voices here. We have some folks here now that research with fervor, are painfully persistant and who keep trying to learn (and teach). I'll put this forum up against any other JFK assassination forum. Debate is good...although sometimes it is like hitting your head against the wall when debating someone from the disinformation side. You have proven that you have a thick skin...as the dark side has gone after you with character assassination bullshit, just like they have with Jim Garrison and Oliver Stone. We are on a great trek now in terms of finding pieces to the puzzle, and this forum is helping, as we have many here that have great connections to well known (and REAL) researchers in the JFK assassination community. Bruce coming back has made us that much better. I know it gets frustrating at times, but I and many others here have your back.

[ThomZajac]

Wim,Closing down the forum is certainly your prerogative, but such drastic action would be truly unfortunate.I also think you have done great work, and your analysis of what transpired BEFORE the first shot was fired at Dealey Plaza is about the best I've seen.I consider myself a reasonable man, and to me, the evidence indicates that the throat wound was one of entrance, that the body was altered between Parkland and Bethesda, and that the Zapruder film was altered as well- all things that you probably think of as myths. But so what? Do our differences significantly alter the meaning of the assassination? Or who was behind it? About why it was done? About who was involved? Those are truly the more important things, and on that, there seems to be very little disagreement on this forum.Thanks for making this forum available, I do hope you keep it up and running.Sincerely,Thom

[tom jeffers]

Wim.you wear your heart on your shirtsleeve. I understand this is you child and you want it to grow but only by exploring all possibilities will we get better and closer to the truth. i do not agree with anyone exactly of all the people that post but i also know that all i have is my opinion and it is not fact or fiction. everyone gets their beliefs from all of their various areas of influence posted on the web. even if he thinks there was a shot from the front and you don't, the good thing is you both agree it wasn't fired by oswald. you can have the most perfect website in the world but as long as there is info posted elsewhere, there are those who will beieve. there are still people that think bill cooper was right. it is time we embrace our common beliefs and openly debate our differences. let this be the forum that allows that to happen!Tom

[Dealey Joe]

Wim I am not a qualified researcher nor a detective. I am a newcomer here and feel inferior in my knowlege of all the information availablebut there are a few things I want to say.I thought to myself just this morning "why does Wim tolerate some of the things that go on here on this forum?"I thought, he must be a Hell of a man.I guess after so much talk you run out of anything to say.JFK was the first Presidential candidate that I voted for when I was 21.Since he was murdered I have never cast a vote for anyone running for president since.I have always known in my heart that LHO did not commit this crime. And that Jack Ruby was involved in some way.I have absolutely no trust in the government nor do I beleive anything they say.We live in a rapidly axpanding police state.When I found out about James Files, Judyth Vary Baker, Ed Haslam, Chauncy Holt and all the other research you have done it makes me know all is not lost. To me the forum should be about the things we do know and the evidence to support it,All the speculation and conjecture about crap we can never have proof of is a waste of everyones time and energy.I beleive James FilesI beleive Judyth Vary BakerI beleive Ed Haslam and Chauncy HoltI am not interested in proving them wrong.I want more information on them and to talk about them and to understand them.I can give my opinion on about everything but that is all it is.I am the same age as Jimmy Files and Judyth Baker and I know what happens to your memory. It take a little thought to remember everything that happened 50 or 60 years ago. The more you talk about it the more you remember. It doesn't make you a liar it just makes you human.I don't know how you keep a forum in operation without discussing new things. but as I said I am no expert.Wim I am so thankful that I have found you and I know there are thousands of others that would like to. I don't know how you get to them? I am giving your book the anyone I know who will read it.The thing I have trouble remembering is: 2.5 % of the people are GOOD (Truthful)2.5 % are EVIL ( deceivers)95 % are sheep and don't count for anything.All we are looking for is the 2.5 %Thanks for letting me ramble and much more thanks to you Wim and the 2.5 %.We really don't have a choice other than to persue the TRUTH.Joe

[bob franklin]

I would add to Dealey Joe's remarks a couple of things. Firstly, you are making the bad guy's uncomfortable, or they wouldn't waste time and resources infiltrating your forum. Play on that as you've done in the past. Secondly, the 95 percent mentioned by Dealey Joe can be reached. You just need to get the "sheep" to stop grazing & look up. Thats WHY your forum makes the bad guys uncomfortable. Keep at it. My .02

[steve manning]

I hate to sound like someone with a one track mind but I guess it is unavoidable. I'm mainly interested in objective feedback about the proposed theory of Gil and the few additional ideas I added to it? If Gil Jesus (or myself) is wrong, so be it, but lets debate the evidence that proves it? I've read everything Wim has already put forth about the alledged throat wound, and in light of what Gil Jesus presents it simply does not hold up? I'm sorry! I absolutely believe the original plan would have restrained any shooting from the front...as I said in my thread, this makes a great deal of sense! However, with talk of a last minute abort, in light of the previously aborted attempts, and 1964 happening in 39 days, this was the last chance to get the job done. Even at the risk of shooting from the front. How would any of the other teams know for sure if they were the only ones willing to go ahead with the hit or not? If there was a team on the south knoll, would it not have been possible they thought they were the only ones left? They may have heard one shot prior to the one they fired, the back shot, which most everyone who heard it thought it was a firecracker. Before they heard talk of an abort mission, they may have been prepared to wait (as Jimmy was) but if they thought everyone else fled, they may have decided to start shooting as soon as the limo made the turn onto Elm? All personalities and feelings aside, I ask again, what is the truth about what happened? To be frank, I could careless if Gil Jesus is a mens room attendent in a fast food restaurant! Can we maintain our focus on the evidence. This issue as most of you know, is bigger than all of us. Wim, its you're forum, but I for one would really miss the opportunity to read and learn. However, if there is no freedom of expression, then what would we really be losing?Sincerely,Steve

[dankbaar]

Okay, I won't do it then. I was testing the waters, but it seems there are too many members who do care about this forum. I also received a few private emails voting against. My own frustration was given in by the repetition of having to fight some persistent myths. It's just the way the forum is set up. Old threads dissapear to the bottom and newbees then raise the same points time and again. I guess it's not their fault. I believe I must simply make some new webpages about myths like: - The frontal shot through the windshield / The cause of the throat wound. - Badgeman /Sarti- Ed Hoffman- Wim

[andries]

Sutch new threats that,s not a bad but a great idea Wim,mutch better than closing down this exelent forum.I,m from Enschede Holland and i think dispite i dismiss half your case there is still a great amount of outstanding research work you have done,and i even don,t believe a wort the international or the poor dutch press sometimes writes about you. Even a eternal doubtfull entrance wound in the throat doesnt automaticly mean files is all crapp.

[Lofty]

I saw this thread title and thought oh shit i just got here...... Glad to see Wim has had a change of heart on this, as a newcomer to this forum, and a relative newcomer to this subject ,compared to a lot of people on this site, i try to read around as much info as i can before posting, for i can understand that a point in a subject that is news to me, may be old news to everyone else, so i am careful not waste space by posting as such.Anythng that rattles the other side has got to be good...