Jim, I think you took our letters incorrectly. I suppose I shouldn't presume to speak for Laura, but I know that you took my letter, at least, incorrectly. When Laura wrote, "disagreement does not call for nastiness, and may I ask that anyone who feels the need to discharge his or her anger and frustration to just unsubscribe to the list", I felt that she was referring to the person who wrote "Stuff it". My response was written in defense of yours. I'm probably just making things worse here, but as the daughter of a WWII soldier, the sister of a retired AF Major, and the wife of a Viet Nam veteran, and retired AF major, I would caution everyone that we are ALL Americans. Not all of us may have fought in a battle, but that doesn't make us any less Americans. We, the rest of us, owe those of you who have been on the front lines, a debt we can never repay. But if you didn't engage in those battles to ensure the equality of ALL of us, then why did you do it? And that's my opinion, like it or not. And now, as has been suggested so many times, can we PLEASE get back to doing some Genealogy? Etta ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Green" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 11:23 PM Subject: Re: [GREEN-L] Managing Our Differences > I fail to understand how so many on this list fail to realize the purpose for > the list. It is not to jaw about a terrible happening nor to console people who > need to see a psychologist. It is designed to help with Green > connections find information on their families. We cannot solve the terrorist > problems here, that is for our > government to do and I think Bush and his folks are going about it with > determination. We are allowing > the terrorists to do exactly as they planned, to upset this country and cause > havoc at every turn. Why is > it so difficult to see that so many are playing right into their hands. I do not > intend to give them one bit of satisfaction. Nuff said. That's my opinion and I > do not intend to speak for anyone else. > Jim Green > > George Greene wrote: > > > Very well said Laura! > > If Bin Laden can divide us, in even the smallest of ways, then he has truly > > won the battle. "A house divided against it's self cannot stand". We must > > remain united. That doesn't mean we have to agree on everything, it simply > > means that we have to remain loyal to each other and treat our fellow > > Americans with respect on every front. We must remain larger than this > > small minded, hate filled man and his band of mindless followers. We are > > family, not only in a genealogical sense, but as countrymen. Let us not > > ever forget that. > > God bless us all, for WE are America, > > Etta > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Laura Greene" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 7:58 PM > > Subject: [GREEN-L] Managing Our Differences > > > > > I'm fine with disagreements among our list members - it is the freedom to > > > agree to disagree that makes our country so great. But disagreement does > > > not call for nastiness, and may I ask that anyone who feels the need to > > > discharge his or her anger and frustration to just unsubscribe to the > > list? > > > People have just died from just such an unwillingness to agree to > > disagree, > > > and sadly more are about to. If each of us could manage our own reactions > > > and behaviors, it will go a long way toward fostering continued amicable > > > support of each other, despite our various conflicting beliefs and > > opinions. > > > This has always been a terrific group - please let's not lose that. We've > > > lost too much already. > > > Laura Greene > > > List Member Since Its Beginning > > > > > > > > > > > > >