I agree with Mike Roy, and with eveything you have said below Nova, Western Australia > Thank you, Mike! It's good to have some public support over a matter about > which I > feel fairly passionate but which certain Rootsweb listowners ruthlessly > suppress > debate on.. > > I have always believed the rule about not mentioning living persons to be > paranoid > nonsense when, as I said, there are so many accessible sources - online > and offline - > which puts the names and details of just about everybody in the public > domain. > > What particularly riles me is the sheer rank hypocrisy of it all. How can > anyone who, > for instance, flaunts themselves on Facebook, Twitter and other social > networking > websites expect privacy? Any more than can the famous expect their private > lives to > be kept out of the public arena when they shamelessly use the media to > their personal > advantage when they have something to sell, like a new film, TV series, > book or > fitness video. > > Family historians should be the very last people to apply self censorship, > since our > entire hobby and pastime demands that we gather and publish as full > details as > possible of our researches. Personally, the only complaints I've ever > received from > living members of my family is when I've inadvertently left them out !!! > > I do feel this is a topic Rootsweb ought seriously to address and > reconsider in the light > of widely changing circumstances. > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: > www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3427 - Release Date: 02/07/11 03:34:00