Old Joe Kennedy was in charge. We saw many retarded and mentally ill get the lobotomy RX and the old state hospitals were full of what was left. Cruel and inhumane is a mild term for what was used for behavior control. God Bless Rosemary. She did not deserve it.
Does that apply to slave-owning figures of the American Revolution?
The threat has passed.
Not just to the Kennedys and their image... but to all of us.
Can you imagine if Joe hadn't taken bold action and scrambled Rosemary's brain? Why, she doubtless would have succumbed to a life of chronic alcohol abuse and sociopathic behavior. She could have killed someone with her automobile, raped a babysitter or two, beaten a neighbor child to death with a golf club. At the very least, she could have stumbled into public office and written awful laws.
Yes, thanks to Ol' Joe, the Kennedy family has the reputation it deserves. And we can all sleep a little better knowing the threat of Rosemary the maybe-monster has passed.