Most people have 3 "names." A first name, a middle name, and a last name.

Haha, the conspiracy movement is in a bad way if they are resorting to the fact that we know the assassin's middle names as evidence that something more nefarious is at work behind the scenes. I'm with Diplomat.

I thought it was astounding.. I never thought of that before.

We are conditioned to believe when a killer is named publically, by their full name, it indicates they are a "lone" killer.

I don't think that "lone gunman have 3 names" is the best case to make for a conspiracy/truth movement. Ventura needs to keep it to the facts that matter and not stuff like this, especially when in the MSM. Whether it is true or not people will dismiss you as a nut if you say stuff like that because they have been told people you are crazy if you state your observations...

Hurm,an interesting point that JV made indeed it's easier to comfort the public that an assassination is really just an act of "random violence."

It's the same thing as when you do something really bad when you're a child, and your mother gets mad at you.

She will scorn you by using all 3 names.

I think that's the psychology behind it... Seriously.

mark david chapman, james earl ray...does john hinkley, jr. count?

I always thought it was something that the media does but who knows what their criteria is.

Assassins and would be assassins of American political figures:
James Earl Ray
John Hinckley, Jr.
Arthur Herman Bremer
Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme
Sara Jane Moore
John Wilkes Booth
Mark David Chapman
Lee Harvey Oswald


Assassins of Julius Caesar:
Marcus Junius Brutus
Gaius Cassius Longinus

And the winner is:
Sirhan Sirhan, same name repeated. I guess Sirhan Sirhan Sirhan was out of the question.

[edit on 10-3-2010 by SphinxMontreal]

Forgot about this guy, who was convicted for the attempted assassination of Prez Clinton:

Francisco Martin Duran

I heard about the 3 name thing it was in a movie somewhere and the characters are talking about something about how its differentiated between (i think) people who were murderers and those who were serial killers. It might have been something completely different but they had a list of killers known by 3 names and some known by just the 2 (first last).but actually that dont make sense cause ted bundy (noone knows his middle bame) killed like about 20 people. john wayne gacy killed multiple people too, but we kno his middle name... hmm. theres some way the theory fits i just cant remember. hope i didnt waste everyones time. hopefully someone remembers the movie. (Please dont tell me it was Mel Gibsons "Conspiracy Theories")

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I have a theory - it is probably so that people aren't confused by anyone else with that name. How many of you have googled your name without using the middle initial or name? You can get hundreds of people with the same name. When you add the middle name to it, it kinda narrows it down, right? So if there is a "gunman" out there with the name Michael Jones, and you work with a Michael Jones, that poor co-worker is gonna get some looks. Its just a way of narrowing down the actual person.

My 2 cents

Yeah Yeah, .... just like Evil dictators tend to have mustaches, and martyrs have great abs.

it all depends on how you look at things.