[Eagle Eye]

I recall the Warren Commission reports on TV and even as a kid they didn’t make sense and seemed to have gaps and holes in them.

The idea that YOU think you can declare the subject closed tells more about you than anyone who doesn’t believe the ‘official’ government report.

[Steve_Seattle]

If the conspiracy theorists all had the same story, I'd be more inclined to believe them. But there are as many conspiracy theories as there are conspiracy theorists, at least among those who've written books about it.

I wouldn't say that there are no unanswered questions about the JFK assassination, but Gerald Posner's "Case Closed" answered most of them as far as I'm concerned.

[Steve_Seattle]

The central claim of many of the conspiracy theories - including Oliver Stone's - is that the military-industrial complex is the only real power in this country, and that anything which threatens it will be destroyed.

Now, if you ("you" in general, not "you" in particular) really believe that, then there's no point in voting or participating in politics. Conspiracy theories thus present a strong temptation towards cynicism, apathy, passivity, and disengagement.