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John Byrne
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51 years, now. It shook the world, at the time. Now it seems barely a footnote in history.
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Trevor Smith
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I mean, I know I'm in Turkey, and a Canadian, but it seems
so strange to be somewhere where that date comes and goes
with ZERO fanfare. I saw not a word about it 'til your
post, JB.
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Bill Collins
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I`d forgot,maybe it was last year being 50 years we all remembered.Also it is etched in my mind because Doctor Who`s first ep was famously repeated the day after due to it being overshadowed by this historic event.It was also the day my dad registered my birth.Strange how most years i remember,but this year it took you mentioning it J.B. to jog my memory.
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Matt Hawes
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I wonder how much different the world would be today had that day not happened?
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Marc Cheek
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Funny you mention that Bill. Today's my birthday and I haven't even
thought about JFK until I saw this thread. And I've always had a
fascination with the events in Dallas too.
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Robert Cosgrove
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"I wonder how much different the world would be today had that day not happened?"
It's probably safe to say that Lyndon Johnson would not have been president, but other than that, it's hard to say. Things would be different, but I'm agnostic about whether better or worse. Probably better in some respects, worse in others.
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Brian O'Neill
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Other than the Civil War, the JFK assassination is among the most-pondered events on some of the 'alternate history' forums I've perused.For some reason, even in 'other timelines' where JFK is not President on 11/22/63, whoever IS President winds up getting killed in Dallas on that day(Since JFK was invited to Dallas partly to try to get Democratic voters interested in the upcoming election, would Nixon have gone there to do the same for the GOP? Alternate history isn't supposed to work like that, is it?)
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Bill Collins
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It may be because it`s the year after the 50th anniversary and our news media in the U.K. is full of Islamic State news they`ve overlooked it.As for me personally,the usual things that trigger my memory seem to have failed this year.
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Carmen Bernardo
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Changing times, a generation most heavily affected by the event fading away, and the apparent willingness of the media and academia to let it slip may have much to do with it. On top of that may be a psychological aspect where people aren't willing to commemorate such an event. Yet I see it as much a turning point as the assassination of Abraham Lincoln for his generation, where the United States crossed a line that it cannot retreat through.
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Robert Cosgrove
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Which points out that we don't remark at all on the day of Lincoln's assassination, but rather, celebrate his life. Similarly for Martin Luther King. Why no JFK holiday? One thought: he wasn't that great a president to warrant one.
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John Byrne
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Why no JFK holiday? One thought: he wasn't that great a president to warrant one.•• There was a time when it would have been the most extreme sacrilege to even suggest it, but I tend to agree. In the mad rush to canonize JFK, and rename everything we could after him, the fact that he was, generously, mediocre as a President (and perhaps a bit dangerous!) was not allowed voice.
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Michael Penn
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I think I might be in favor on an LBJ day, though, even despite 'Nam.
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