Joan: My intention was to add a little joy to the list with my find.........Drunkard was in the title of the place many years ago. Since people cannot seem to share in the joy of a fellow researcher and have to pick things apart, then I am asking to be unsubscribed from the list. I have never seen such a grumpier group of people........... Barbara Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <philly-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Terminology + phone calls vs letters. ADMIN > > In a message dated 3/20/2007 1:29:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, > organizr01@aol.com writes: > > As others have pointed out, terms like "drunk," "bastard," "Negro" were > acceptable in the past, but are no longer acceptable. In fact, they are > hurtful. > It's isn't about being "politically" correct. It's about not hurting > people's feelings--today. Let's not. > > > > --- > Further to the above comment... > > If you are quoting an historical document or specific text or name: Such > as: > "US Colored Troops," or "bastardy bonds" for example -- this is fine--use > the terminology that is included in the record and don't try to change > it. > > Where a problem could enter the picture is if you were to add any > personal > judgmental comments or make fun of or ridicule based upon the historical > terminology. That would be where the line would be drawn in list > messages. > Remember that facts don't make judgments. > > Joan, admin > PHILLY-ROOTS@rootsweb.com > > > > ************************************** AOL now offers free email to > everyone. > Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message