ConspiracyTheories.ppt

At last, I want to say that We all deserve to know the truth, not just the American people but the people of all nations. That’s all for my presentation. Thank you for your attention! A long history Changes after WW2 Government authorities’ betrayal of trust A staple of certain popular culture genres Beyond a healthy skepticism of authority? Cultural Origin and Impact WE ALL DESERVE TO KNOW THE TRUTH. Thank you! Good afternoon/morning, ladies and gentlemen. Before discussing our topic today, let’s take a look at a remark by Oliver Stone: In the smoke of the funeral pyre, not all the faces are crying. It’s kind of a metaphor. But a metaphor of what? The answer may just lie in what I’m going to talk about today. /pa??/ Our topic today is Conspiracy Theories, and I’m going to introduce five of them. I believe most of you know this person. Yeah, John F. Kennedy, the?35th President of the United States. And our first conspiracy theory is just about his assassination. OK Now I’ll give a brief account of the assassination. It took place at 12:30p.m. Central Standard Time, on Friday November 22,1963. At that time, President Kennedy was traveling with his wife Jacqueline,?Texas Governor?John Connally, and the latter‘s wife?Nellie, in a Presidential?motorcade in?Dealey Plaza,?Dallas, Texas. This is the picture taken when Kennedy was shot. The suspect was a man called Lee Harvey Oswald and he was soon arrested. But on his route to the police station, Oswald asked over and over, Why am I being arrested? Dramatically, Oswald was shot by a man called Jack Ruby in front of hundreds of journalists and millions of TV watchers in the police building when being handed over to the State Prison. Jack Ruby later told the Warren Commission he was just overwhelmed by the emotional feeling. One week after the assassination the Warren Commission was established by Lyndon Johnson to investigate the assassination. It?concluded that Kennedy was assassinated by?Lee Harvey Oswald?acting alon