[Torie]

It would be difficult to get a doc to perform a lobotomy on a "slutty" adolescent of normal intelligence even back then. It would have been against their oath. Plus, one would think the adolescent would have been curious. I would have. And after having asked some "probing' questions of the old man about his little planned operation for me, and been unsatisfied, would have sought advice of lawyer, preferably a Brahman who hated Old Joe, and notified the DA, and then the press. I would allow nobody to F with my brain, other than myself.

[ken21]

i agree.

but we're looking at it in hindsight.

joe invested heavily in manipulating the media, so the truth may never be known.

do me a favor, go to the library and check out this book and read it, and let me know what you think:

Joseph P. Kennedy : The Mogul, the Mob, the Statesman, and the Making of an American Myth
by Ted Schwarz (Hardcover - September 5, 2003)