Thank you for the hyper-links. I will enjoy reading this. Char ----- Original Message ----- From: "greenmill" <greenmill@snowcrest.net> To: <Cardi2@aol.com>; <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:23 AM Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] YES, PEOPLE DO SPEND TIME BEING OFFENDED > Hi Annie, You better tell the people that run the Dublin's Viking > Adventure the the Vikings were never there. > http://www.group-trotter.net/ireland/places/viking/viking.html > Also see: http://www.usna.edu/EnglishDept/ilv/viking.htm > Jim Ryan, CA > \ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Cardi2@aol.com> > To: <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:23 PM > Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] YES, PEOPLE DO SPEND TIME BEING OFFENDED > >> I mention that, yes, people do spend time being offended. You may not >> be, >> but I am. Your comment about the "English-Irish-Welsh were all raped >> and >> pillaged by the Moors..." really angered me. For your information, the >> Moors >> were never in Britain. Get your history straight - you are way off. I >> am first >> generation Welsh in this country and I do resent your comment. You >> should >> be ashamed of yourself. As for your comment about the Vikings and the >> Irish - >> for your information the Vikings never made the west coast of Britain - >> they >> plundered the east coast. I think you have said enough. >> >> Annie >> >> \labecaly@msn.com> >> Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] off topic - there's also the FSU Seminoles >> To: <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> >> \ >> I just think a lot of people spend too much time looking for things to >> be >> offended by. If we all spent more time trying to accomplish things, and >> stop the serious problems, no one would have the time to be offended. >> Boy >> could I have fun. I'm German, Irish, Welsh, English, Cherokee, possibly >> Jewish, and if I look at where my ancestors came from, wow. Germany (as >> mixed as America), Ireland (the Vikings raped and pillaged there, thus >> the >> name (variations) Doyle-black Irish, because of the terrible things they >> did >> (my maiden name), England-Ireland-Wales were all raped and pillaged by >> the >> Moor's (not sure on spelling)(a very dark race). >> >> I say "down with political correctness", lets all like who we are. It >> is >> really sad things like has been mentioned has to be stopped, because >> some >> persons don't have enough to keep themselves busy. Lets not let them do >> these things to us. End of subject for me. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >