My new book, "Into the Nightmare"

[Joseph McBride]

I didn't know Ferrell was a member of AFIO.

Joseph, you probably know that the two most divisive issues in the research community are a) Body Alteration and b) Zapruder film Alteration.
I personally try to stay away from both because all they do is create bad blood between people who otherwise agree on a lot of things.

Yes, Tracy, I've read a lot of those disputes. Sometimes they are honest disputes, but sometimes
you get the impression feuds are driven by disinformation specialists. I think it's unfortunate when scholars in any field, no matter how
controversial the subject, become acrimonious toward
each other. i think we can respect each other and disagree while learning from those we may not entirely
agree with, or at least keep an open mind in doing so. And I find it tedious to read invective in forums, which
distracts from what should be our main task. So I try to stay out of academic disputes or other such disputes. To quote President Kennedy's inaugural address,
"Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us."