Hi fellow Stephen King fans.
This is my first post here. I have been a fan since the day I read The Shining - sometime in the 80s. The other day I visited Dealey Plaza. I was telling my kids how significant this place is in our history and I also mentioned Mr. King's book, 11/22/63 and the mixture of fiction with real characters and events.
So here's the deal, O fans of this book and of US history. People are finding it amusing to run out into the middle of the street to get their picture ... smiling and acting goofy while standing on the X that marks the spot of the fatal shot. In the fifteen minutes I was there I saw at least 12 people run out there, smile, pose, a couple even made gun signs with their hands. Mostly under 30 but not all.
Why am I posting this here ..... well, I think that it is probable that Mr. King (and many of his fans) might have been as deeply moved as I. I want to brainstorm about this. How can this be addressed? Why is this happening and does the city see the atrocity of it? Is there anyone else out there who agrees this is too much to ignore and a symptom of our times? This was NOT happening the last time I visited, 15 years ago.
I went inside and asked the museum clerk, "Do you guys ever get any complaints about people posing , taking selfies on the X? There should be a sign to prohibit it." He didn't know but commented it is not their (museum's ) property.
If you think I am overreacting, maybe that is true but I would appreciate ideas, thoughts and input from this group. To quote from Mr. King's forward in the paperback edition of Delores Claiborne, "...the summer of 1963, the last summer before America, and the whole world, would be changed forever by an assassin's bullet."
This is my first post here. I have been a fan since the day I read The Shining - sometime in the 80s. The other day I visited Dealey Plaza. I was telling my kids how significant this place is in our history and I also mentioned Mr. King's book, 11/22/63 and the mixture of fiction with real characters and events.
So here's the deal, O fans of this book and of US history. People are finding it amusing to run out into the middle of the street to get their picture ... smiling and acting goofy while standing on the X that marks the spot of the fatal shot. In the fifteen minutes I was there I saw at least 12 people run out there, smile, pose, a couple even made gun signs with their hands. Mostly under 30 but not all.
Why am I posting this here ..... well, I think that it is probable that Mr. King (and many of his fans) might have been as deeply moved as I. I want to brainstorm about this. How can this be addressed? Why is this happening and does the city see the atrocity of it? Is there anyone else out there who agrees this is too much to ignore and a symptom of our times? This was NOT happening the last time I visited, 15 years ago.
I went inside and asked the museum clerk, "Do you guys ever get any complaints about people posing , taking selfies on the X? There should be a sign to prohibit it." He didn't know but commented it is not their (museum's ) property.
If you think I am overreacting, maybe that is true but I would appreciate ideas, thoughts and input from this group. To quote from Mr. King's forward in the paperback edition of Delores Claiborne, "...the summer of 1963, the last summer before America, and the whole world, would be changed forever by an assassin's bullet."