[Ben Holmes]

Patrick C Wrote:Clearly as Zapruder and his partner Irwin Schwartz had the film in their possession to the point when the first 3 copies were made - this RULES out any possible opportunity to change the film.

A hidden presumption exists here... although it's not really all that hidden.

Patrick is presuming that the copies are still authentic copies of the original film, instead of redone copies of the altered film.

Patrick is almost certainly aware of the evidence that the copies weren't original, but he says nothing.

So the nonsense that the film couldn't be altered due to this silly reasoning shows itself to be nonsense.

Of course, since Patrick accepts that there's evidence for alteration - statements like something 'RULING' out alteration is just silly as well.
 

Patrick C Wrote:And also note that the Nix film matches perfectly the Zapruder film where the capture the same time line.

Actually, I don't accept that at all. Nor is anyone in the position where they need to accept such a theory, because the Nix film was controlled by the government as well. Nor do we have the original Nix film.

Patrick C Wrote:And it goes without saying that altering the Zapruder film RISKING the chance that another film could have been taken on that day - which would then SHOW that the Z film had been altered would draw massive attention to the problem and put any conspirators under the spot light.

Had the film been released right away for public viewing, such an idea might actually hold water. But Patrick knows very well that the film was tightly controlled for a decade... during which time any other films that might have contradicted it would have had time to surface.

Surely Patrick is intelligent enough to recognize these flaws in his arguments... so why does he post them?

Could it be that he has nothing better?