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