I anticipate filing this list as SPAM. On Apr 22, 2009 7:19pm, Roy Stockdill <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> wrote: > From: Gpwilliamsgpw@aol.com > > Now you have revealed what your occupation was I think we may > > understand where you are coming from. We all know that the Fleet St > > and journalist have know morals when it involves the intrusion and > > privacy of the public. > > > > Graham Williams > I object strongly to this post as personally insulting and I am > forwarding a > formal complaint to the Administrator. > Your comments are out of order, since you do not know me personally at > all or what I did in my former career. As it happens, I retired from > journalism some 12 years ago and have been fully occupied with > genealogy ever since. > My comments on living people and data protection were made in the > spirit of a perfectly rational and reasonable debate on the subject. > However, you have gone well beyond this and turned it into a personal > attack. > I believe I can say that I am fairly well known and respected in the UK > genealogical community. I served 6 years (two full terms) as a Trustee of > the Society of Genealogists, am Chairman of the SoG's Publications > section and Commissioning Editor of the My Ancestors series of books, > was Editor for 10 years of the Journal of One-Name Studies for the Guild > of One-Name Studies (twice winning the Elizabeth Simpson Award for > the best family history journal) and am well known as a regular > contributor to most of the commercial family history magazines, but > specifically for Practical Family History in which I have a regular > feature > and column every month. I am also a regular and frequent lecturer on > genealogy and family history around the country. I think other listers > would also agree that I have given valuable help and guidance since > joining this list. > I suggest your comments are close to being defamatory, since they > allege that I am an immoral person purely because of my former > profession, a conclusion which also displays the logic of a stupid and > ignorant person. > I anticipate an immediate public apology. > -- > Roy Stockdill > Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: > www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE > Notts Surname List > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message