----- Original Message -----
From: Gerald Greene 
To: sylvia gant 
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 6:40 AM
Subject: Re: Apology


 I usually don't respond to issues like this.  Your apology is certainly
well
> taken by all members.  However, it is still amazing that even though it
has
> been suggested over and over from other folks, we continue to sometimes
> display personal opinions on issues that have nothing to do with
genealogy.
> I believe in diversity, but no on this forum.  Going to deviate here and
do
> the same thing that I just said shouldn't be done. But only this once.
> Regarding Ms. Fonda:  I am employed by the Veteran Administration and see
> many Vietnam veterans who are still living with the stigma of Ms. Fonda's
> trip to N. Vietnam and her attack on the American govenment.  The very
thing
> that allows this forum to exit.  If she wants to do a good deed for her
> country, perhaps she can contribute some genealogy info to this forum or
> perhaps contribute some of her money to the continued success of this
forum.
> Just had to say this.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: sylvia gant 
> To: 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 6:01 AM
> Subject: Apology
>
>
> > Dear Members,
> >      Recently, I wrote an objection to an e-mail which contained a
> > direct personal attack on Jane Fonda, not because of who it was but
> > because it was a direct attack on a living human being.  Since it also
> > contained comments on the war in Vietnam, I replied that it could not
> > begin to compare to the Civil War in the cost of American lives and
> > suffering.  I also commented on what the Constitution said about
> > treason.
> >      I received several e-mails--some critical and some complementary.
> > The critical ones zeroed in on my comments about the Civil War.  One was
> > from Deo Vindice.  Here is where my apology begins.  I assumed that he
> > had posted his e-mail to the list and so I posted my reply to the list
> > under the subject "Some May Call It Treason".  I do not apologize for
> > anything I wrote, but I do apologize for subjecting you to something
> > which must have been confusing since you had nothing against which to
> > compare it.  I also let myself get carried away on my favorite
> > subject--history.  Again, my apologies.
> >
> > Sylvia Gant
> >
> >
> > > >
> > >

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