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Originally Posted by Beebs
I don't know if you were just using this to illustrate that he was being hypocritical, but all the evidence, forensic and otherwise, shows that there was only one shooter.
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Correct, I knew his thoughts on JFK and was just using the matter to point out the fact that he's allowed to be skeptical about some things but not others.
@DF, I don't think someone being old automatically grants wisdom, and can think of many cases where this is illustrated. Wisdom doesn't come with age unless the person is able to objectively analyze situations for what they truly are (rather than what they want them to be), understand that change is bound to happen in life and separate emotions from fact. Wisdom is one of the ultimate forms of maturity and unfortunately people who don't work at emotionally and intellectually bettering themselves are going to fall behind those who do.
I'm not just bragging here a la "lol i'm smarter than my dad" -- this is legitimately the case. From all of the conversations we've had in person or online since i've been an adult, there is practically no area of study (other than agricultural/livestock related and child-rearing) that I don't know at least as much if not more about than him. And from the level i've been pissing him off as of late in our discussions, I highly doubt he's trolling.
As much as I may love my father for being my father, he has been in Indiana almost his entire life. He was married before he was my age and has been living in the same house for almost half his life, and has lived across the street for the other half, minus his years in college and a couple in a nearby apartment post-graduation. This is the first time he has left the country other than two 10-day, "hold your hand" mission trips in Romania. I would wager a large amount of money I have had more of what most people would consider "life experiences" than him that have affected the way I see and understand the world. I can confidently say that I haven't gone to my parents for practically any advice since I was 23 because around this time I started to realize that their advice, mostly, sucks.