I agree with you 100% this was not a bad joke, just something that was given to someone by their family and they just passed it along, I thought it was quite cute also, Duane and Valerie if you have anything else I feel I myself would like to read it. Keep on the list and keep searching maybe we will find who we are looking for. Edna Kelley -----Original Message----- From: Roger Children <rogerfamily@email.msn.com> To: KELLEY-L@rootsweb.com <KELLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, December 28, 1998 3:55 PM Subject: Editorial on Political Correctness >Kelly list may not be the place for this.....so delete it and move on with >your life. > >However, the Kelly list is for a bunch of humans and this IS a people issue. > >Yes! Don't worry Duane and Valerie Kelly, you are fine, please don't leave, >we are all here to work on our Kelly genealogy and you may be the very link >one of us needs at some point. > >You haven't hurt anyone specifically. Let's be real here. The horrors in >war torn countries today are something to act upon, and yet, I bet those >complaining here haven't done anything positive to help the suffering >children. Shall we compare their suffering to the recent suffering on the >KELLY list due to the "in bad taste" joke? No one seems to be offended >about war they way they are about a supposed political incorrect meaningless >joke in the land of plenty where we all converse on this list with expensive >computers! > >Perspective is all we need. > >People just like to hear they're own voice. Let's face it, only 10 years >ago, we didn't know how sensitive to cultures and sexual preferences, etc we >were supposed to be. Now suddenly there are those who make it their >personal business to "get offended at every chance" and to police the rest >of us, (to the happiness of the lawyers - oops, no jokes aloud about lawyers >either, I suppose.) > >The world is full of different people - humor included, shouldn't we keep it >that way? What a bore if we were all the SAME!!! We sure wouldn't need to >trace our ROOTS, now would we? What joke is NOT about someone? Have you >NEVER laughed at a political joke before? Wasn't it fun, at least once? > >Annalisa > >-----Original Message----- >From: Duane and Valerie Kelly <dkelly@nebi.com> >To: KELLEY-L@rootsweb.com <> >Date: Monday, December 28, 1998 11:06 AM >Subject: MY MOST SINCERE APOLOGY!!!!! > > >>My first apology goes to Paula Ward our list manager as I had hoped this >>would all come to an end which I really do. I am tired of all of the nasty >>email letters I am receiving. >> >>My next apology goes to the list like tom.galloway@platinum.com and others >>like him. I am sorry for sending the joke over the list. I should not have >>done it and I promise never to do it again. All I can say is I am very >>thankful my ancestors never got mad because someone could not understand >>them and left because of it. I don't know what else I can do to right my >>wrong. I was very much in the wrong and I did not intend to do any harm or >>to hurt anyones feeling. Can we please just let this subject come to an end >>and get on with our lives and our research? I am really sorry to everyone >on >>the list. >>dkelly@nebi.com >> >> >>-- >>[This message was sent using an evaluation copy of >>IMail Server for Windows NT, a product of Ipswitch, Inc.] >> >> >>==== KELLEY Mailing List ==== >>Consider sending your reply to the list, not just to the original poster. >>Others may benefit from the data you provide. >> > > > > >==== KELLEY Mailing List ==== >Please share your KELLEY/KELLY success story with the list. It will give the rest of us hope. : )