How about using NGI (Not Genealogy Information). Anyone not interested can just delete the NGI when it shows up on the list. A new list member, Marie ---------- > From: Roger Children <rogerfamily@email.msn.com> > To: KELLEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Editorial on Political Correctness > Date: Monday, December 28, 1998 6:00 PM > > 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. : )