[Vision2020] Memory (was Where were you . . .)

[Sunil Ramalingam]

I was almost a year and a half, so I'm sure my diaper manners were more impeccable than Kai's.

I'm with Ron; I think we are too romantic when we think that JFK would not have buried us deeper in Vietnam. Now I do think RFK had changed his mind about Vietnam by the time he was killed.

Sunil

> From: fotopro63 at hotmail.com
> To: v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm; vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 07:00:12 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Memory (was Where were you . . .)
> 
> I have absolutely no recollection of where I was or what I was doing.
> I can only guess that I may been in my crib dropping a load in my diapers since I was all of three months old.
> 
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> > From: v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm 
> > To: chasuk at gmail.com 
> > Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 22:53:42 -0800 
> > CC: vision2020 at moscow.com 
> > Subject: [Vision2020] Memory (was Where were you . . .) 
> >  
> >  
> > Again, I know human memory is fallible, and I know a bit about false  
> > memories, the physiology & psychology of memory, etc. 
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > What was interesting to me was your . . . willingness to  
> > denying/dismissing the memories/experiences of your chrono-peers simply  
> > because your experience was different than were theirs, and by  
> > extension, mine.  You know, some people, and that includes children,  
> > simply have better memories than do others, at least about some things  
> > – that much has been demonstrated time & again.  That, it seems to me,  
> > is perhaps a more respectful and valid explanation than denigrating  
> > those with experiences different than your own as examples of the  
> > inaccuracy of human memory. 
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > Food for thought . . . or not  ☺ 
> >  
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> >  
> >  
> > From: Chasuk [mailto:chasuk at gmail.com] 
> > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 1:34 AM 
> > To: Saundra Lund 
> > Cc: Tom Hansen; Vision2020 
> > Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Where were you . . . 
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > There are many people who believe they remember things that they don't.  
> > I'm no saying that you are one of those people; I have no way of making  
> > that judgement with any claim to accuracy.  However,  memories are  
> > trivial to manufacture and implant,  whether accidentally or on  
> > purpose. This has been demonstrated many times. 
> >  
> > We were born within only a few weeks of each other,  so you might have  
> > been subjected to the same teary-eyed reminiscences of the  
> > assassination as I was,  usually during Profiles of Courage book  
> > reports. 
> >  
> > On Nov 18, 2013 6:15 PM, "Saundra Lund"  
> > <v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm<mailto:v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm>> wrote: 
> >  
> > While I agree that human memory is flawed, I don’t know that I agree  
> > with your sweeping generalization about the inaccuracy of human memory. 
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > I was in OKC & was about five weeks shy of my third birthday.  I was at  
> > home with my mother, who was watching her soaps while ironing.  She’d  
> > just gotten her bag of sprinkled clothes out of the fridge when the  
> > tragedy hit the air.  I had absolutely no understanding of the actual  
> > event, but my mother’s reaction is something I clearly recall – it was  
> > the first time I ever saw her cry – even if I didn’t understand The  
> > Bigger Picture. 
> >  
> >  
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > From:  
> > vision2020-bounces at moscow.com<mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com>  
> > [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com<mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com>]  
> > On Behalf Of Chasuk 
> > Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 9:47 PM 
> > To: Tom Hansen 
> > Cc: Vision2020 
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Where were you . . . 
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > I was also in California,  five days before my 3rd birthday. I don't  
> > remember the assassination, but I do remember the countless stories  
> > from my chrono-peers who all thought that they did. It was my first  
> > lesson on the inaccuracy of human memory. 
> >  
> > On Nov 18, 2013 12:29 PM, "Tom Hansen"  
> > <thansen at moscow.com<mailto:thansen at moscow.com>> wrote: 
> >  
> > . . . on November 22, 1963? 
> >  
> > I was in the 7th grade at Robert Fulton Junior High School in Van Nuys,  
> > California. 
> >  
> > The news of Kennedy's assassination was received at about 11:00 AM.  
> >   Some of the teachers were visibly shaken by the news.  The school  
> > closed down for the day at noon. 
> >  
> > Do you remember where you were when . . . 
> >  
> > Tom Hansen 
> > Moscow, Idaho 
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