Re: Conspiracy Theory
Brian Hall (pp00918@ppp.kcc.edu)
Wed, 31 Dec 1997 01:47:50 -0400
Fluxis wrote:
>
> Because look at the situations:
>
> 1. John Lennon (Everyone flinch) was killed by an individual who wanted to
> "Protect him from becoming ruined"....to keep him from becoming a phoney? If
> you kill someone because you love them more than you believe in the worlds
> ability to sustain them, well, thats Salinger in a nutshell.
>
He believed he had already become phony actually, and wanted to protect
the listeners I suppose.
> 2. Reagan, while I'll admit the guy had strong Jodie Foster impressionating on
> his mind (Thats a fun use of syntax, "impressionating") we should also look at
> it this way....IT WAS RONALD REAGAN.
I wonder if Hinkley simply wanted to be like the Lennon killer.
> 3. Also, it could just be that Catcher In The Rye has sold millions of copies
> worldwide...it would seem odder to me if it wasn't on their bookshelves.
In their bookshelves, sure, but in their pockets when they committed the
crime? That's a completely different story.