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Curious

posted 8 years ago by theOnlyOutsider
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I read a Columbine "biography" I guess you could call it. But, considering Columbine isn't a person I don't see al you would call it a biography. Anyway, the book recounts the principal sitting down meeting with a woman and in his mind he saw the interview happening. But, according to reports the meeting never took place and the principal's brain (sorry can't remember his name) just blocked it out. [the assault was taking place all the while] My question is how does Jackie Kennedy recall the incident first hand unless seeing husband's head get blown off his shoulders is something she saw so much of that she got used to it? Granted the secret service on duty were probably exposed to similar traumas since I assume most of them served in war.

We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known.

[–] theOnlyOutsider 8 years ago

But, this fact alone should make folks skeptical of everything. A section of the book deals with the media pressing students who had just escaped a building of gunfire to get details on what had happened. So you figure these kids had to be age 14-18 and at that time never expected to see what they had just saw moments before cameras and microphones were pushed up into their faces. Maybe Jackie Kennedy being older her brain was more developed and able to process the event. I also wanted to bring this video to attention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywAq305tLXw

This was relayed as something real. But, how does a gunshot that close not show any blood? If the news reporter supposedly died then that would have meant she was mortally wounded and bled internally. If that was the case her body would've instantly been in fight mode and she would not have the strength to run and scream.

We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known.

[–] sarah-103 8 years ago

Jackie Kennedy being older her brain was more developed and able to process the event.

That's part of it. Another part of it is that different people process trauma/traumatic events in different ways. It's part of the reason why two soldiers can experience the exact same event, and one may develop PTSD, while the other may not.

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