It takes a heck of a big man to make such a gigantic and sincere apology for making a small rash statement, in haste, and the heat of the moment. You're OK Bill! Del -----Original Message----- From: William T. Green <greenwt@hevanet.com> To: GREEN-L@rootsweb.com <GREEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, September 06, 1998 12:15 PM Subject: [GREEN-L] My apologies >I sincerely and humbly apologize to you all. I have read all that has come >back, and stand chastised. The "short-fuse" comment for Friday was >appropriate. It was not my intent to be mean-spirited, though my terse >comments made it seem so. > >This forum is an extremely valuable tool to post Green family information, >general information, thoughts and queries. I recognize that most of it >doesn't apply to my own line. I have saved probably 25% of what I've >received via GREEN-L. Some may apply, some bears further study. Some are >the gemstones in the nuggets one needs. I never meant to to try suppress >this wonderful interchange. I do appreciate all the hard work that people >have done researching Green ancestors. I ,too, have holes in my ancestery >that I'm trying to fill. > >I should have phrased that question in terms of "common sense." Should we >not use the criterion of "Does this need to go to everyone, or just to the >person who posted it?" > >Again, my apologies to those I may have offended. > >Bill > >