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. >