Barbie, I'm sorry to use your list like this but this correction is required. It is unfortunate to see an inept newbie to genealogy and to rootsweb.com, slander others when he doesn't have a clue what he writes about. Read below what Michael Busby read and assumed was *yankee slander*. What Michael did is not only incorrect it's a bit stupid on his part. The following is copied and pasted from the article Michael thinks he read. ~~~~~~~~ In May of 1997 RootsWeb adopted 1,000 Maiser mailing lists, after that server was destroyed by a spam attack from the sleazes at Atlanta's Benchmark Printing. Another 227.7 gallons of coffee were consumed and 6.38 stomach linings destroyed. At the same time the Maiser lists were settling in, RootsWeb had its final round of attacks by a cracker who had been breaking into its systems for months. Things culminated in a sort of surreal exchange of e-mail between the cracker and B, and that seems to have ended the problem. ~~~~~~~ This is the use of the word cracker as in *safe cracker* or *computer cracker* or *server cracker* meaning one who crackes into or breaks into. This use of cracker has nothing to do with the name Georgia Crackers which I'm not one OR the name Florida Cracker which I am one. Michael Busby needs to stick to doing his genealogy and silently lurk for a long while before he again attempts to spread *ignorant* poison on Dr. Brian Leverich or anyone else while using mailing list. PLEASE FORWARD THIS CORRECTED INFORMATION TO ALL SITES/MAIL LIST THIS BUNK WAS SENT TOO. THE TRUTH NEEDS TO BE KNOWN. ..... Ray Revette/FL Date forwarded: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 10:37:09 -0700 (PDT) From: "Michael Busby" <mbusby@airmail.net> Subject: Deragotory Terms Date sent: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:41:48 -0500 To: BUSBY-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: BUSBY-L@rootsweb.com Send reply to: BUSBY-L@rootsweb.com > To All List Members > > I have noticed that many Busby's subscribing to this mailing list are > either located in our fair Southern part of the country or they have close > ties to Southern Busby's I though you might find the following > enlightening concerning how the owners and staff of RootsWeb perceive our > brethren I came across a story at GenWeb's home pages ("AN (ALMOST) > UNEXPURGATED HISTORY OF ROOTSWEB" by Dr. Brian Leverich) while looking for > something else. I became alarmed when I read his story and found repeated > use of the word "cracker" in several paragraphs, evidently referring to > some problem with someone in Atlanta. Perhaps, in this day of supposed > political correctness, it is okay for self-effacing elitists to slander > and degrade our southern cousins and fear no reprisal for the effort. > However, I ask each of you with whatever resolve you can muster to > register your protest of the use of the term by an organization desiring > and attempting to be recognized as a leader in their field. Responsible > and genuine company's/leaders do not go around calling their > customers/followers foul and derogatory names (certainly not in public). > The following is my post to the GenWeb HelpDesk board: > > > The use of a degrading term referring to a certain element of our society > in "AN (ALMOST) UNEXPURGATED HISTORY OF ROOTSWEB" by Dr. Brian Leverich, > co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L, RootsWeb Genealogical Data > Cooperative, is not becoming of anyone or any site worth taking seriously. > His willingness to use the term "cracker" and your willingness to display > it in his "article" mark both of you as pretending to an intellectual > elitism that is not only unbecoming, but also insults every single > individual in this country with an education exceeding kindergarten Is > this the things people learn at Harvard? I hope you consider removing > either the offending article or the term. By the way, many of my distant > relatives are in Atlanta and surrounding areas. I will post this to the > surname list and see if any others are as incensed as I am that you would > use such a derogatory term to describe ANYONE. > > > You are welcome to use my message and to depart from it as you see fit. > > Cordially, > > Michael Busby > (The Incensed) > > > > > ==== BUSBY Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb Resource Cluster > http://resources.rootsweb.com/~clusters/surnames > Listowner: Barbara Peddicord mailto:nashoba@cdsnet.net > >