I am the owner of this list, which until now has been a peaceful place. I have asked some persons privately, as I think these things should be done, to let this "language" thread die. They have chosen not to do so. I think that the origin of this was a very minor transgression made by sending a private message...which in fact contained no vulgar language.. accidentally to the list. Some of the most offended people have sent messages to me rather than the list by mistake. If there is a problem on this list the complaint should be sent to me or the offender as a private request...not the list. I am the enforcer here. I do not want to see this list degenerate into a flame war, as many others have. If I think we have a problem, I will act on it, but it will be my decision. The rules on this list are that messages be limited to discussions of genealogy or history. I will warn once, but after that I am going to disconnect the offender. I have a large backup of information sent to me to be posted that will benefit many people. I want to spend my time on that, rather than refereeing an adult list. Please lets get back to genealogy and helping each other. Please send all mail for the list to mailto:ncduplin-l@rootsweb.com. Mail sent to mailto:ncduplin-l-request@rootsweb.com or mailto:ncduplin-d-request@rootsweb.com comes to me and requires that I take time to reroute it if I feel I have time, or delete it when I don't. That address is for subscribing or unsubscribing. Mary Westbrook-Drake ICQ# 14695319 <http://www.thedrake.org/note1.htm> ----- Original Message -----