Fortune's Fool

[L Verge]

I think that DNA has become a toy to attract publicity. We learned at the Baltimore trial in the 1990s that a few distant relatives of the Booths were forced into sanctioning the suit against Green Mount Cemetery for the right to dig up JWB - spurred on by two theorists and a lawyer who wouldn't give up. One theorist is still at it.

I decided to behave myself with this email and just respond back with a thanks for sending and good luck with the book sales (a novel). I wanted to ask what earthly good it will do after 150 years, other than to satisfy a few people's curiosity.

Even if some miracle occurred and a government cover-up could be proven, what good would it do? We can't turn back 150 years, and we can't hold the present generation of people and leaders guilty for what happened back then? Should we start a revolution or anarchy in order to protest against cover-ups or sloppy investigative work in 1865?