Conspirators on the "Hot Seat"

[jonathan]

I've thought about this too, though as usual I think it's important to consider the times this occurred in. Most people in 1865 Washington D.C. would probably be able to tolerate the heat a lot better than so many people today. That's not to say they would enjoy it, but they would certainly be more acclimated to it than we are, in our air conditioned bliss. As far as the accused during that trial, I imagine the heat would have either been ignored (considering the other things they had to worry about), or it would have made their stress that much worse.

As somebody who has spent periods of my life if fairly intense heat, I know for a fact that you do learn to manage, even if you never learn to love it. My dear grandfather, who spent most of his life as an extremely hard working NC tobacco farmer, used to get in a mood once in a while and claim that young people today couldn't walk the line he had to walk when he was growing up. And every time, my equally tough mother would shut him up by saying "Yes they could, daddy. Just because they've had it a little easier doesn't mean they couldn't do the same thing you did if they had to."

On a side note, this is my first post here. So, am I a "hero" member yet???