Never let people do you that way, Anne, because after the meeting breaks up, all that those bystanders will remember is what he said, correct or erroneous...however if you challenge him, they will recall that, too. Going to the speaker privately does no good...the damage was already done in the meeting, in front of everyone...but a private apology only falls on your ears alone. Remember, Silence is perceived as agreement or concession... >From: "rconnell" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [GEIGER] GEIGERS and WEBER Heresy >Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 11:34:30 -0500 > >Warren, I don't think anyone meant to call it a witch-hunt. I guess some >just aren't as interested as others in solving mysteries. My interest >comes, in part, from being royally insulted before a roomful of people by a >prominent author and publisher of SC records. I've mentioned this before >.... in cautioning about surnames with varied spellings, he had mentioned >GEIGER/GIGGER/etc. When he called for questions - I prefaced my question >by >saying GEIGER was one of my lines. He reared back and said something like, >"Ah, the infamous GEIGERS! Well, I guess there might be one or two good >ones among them!" Everyone in the room was in shock at his rudeness! I >should have challenged him then and there! > >Anne C. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Warren Smith <[email protected]> > > > > I think the rationale in trying to sort out who history was/is really > > talking about is precisely for that reason--trying to avoid pinning the > > "conviction" on every person in the family named John (or > > Johannes/Hans/Johanes). You make it sound like those interested in it > > are on a "witch hunt" and that's just not the case. Only one of the many > > similarly named persons was the one involved. And although he was > > convicted, he was later "reprieved". Once identified, we move on to > > another unknown, that's what genealogy is all about. > > > > > >==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== >Check out our GEIGER homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > >============================== >Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate >your heritage! >http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com