Dear friends of Beara, I've read a couple of messages just now that suggest some legendary Irish tempers are flaring up. Since they're in response to a message where a question was posed in neutral terms, I think it might be worth a second look at the original question before we tar and feather the questioner. Some people honestly don't know all the details of what happened back around 80 years ago. Bill Gawne Beara list moderator

My apologies to our moderator -- our messages were out of synch. Bill Mulligan William H. Mulligan, Jr., Ph.D. Professor of History Graduate Program Coordinator Murray State University Murray KY 42071-3341 USA Office: 1-270-809-6571 Fax: 1-270-809-6587 -----Original Message----- From: beara-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:beara-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bill Gawne Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:13 PM To: beara@rootsweb.com Subject: [BEARA] Let's please not assume insult where there's none intended Dear friends of Beara, I've read a couple of messages just now that suggest some legendary Irish tempers are flaring up. Since they're in response to a message where a question was posed in neutral terms, I think it might be worth a second look at the original question before we tar and feather the questioner. Some people honestly don't know all the details of what happened back around 80 years ago. Bill Gawne Beara list moderator ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message