Thank you so much. This is a genealogy list and not a political one. Could not agree more! -------------------------------------------------- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 10:02 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [S-I] Latest News for March 12, 2010 -- From Admin > Hi folks, please do NOT post emails from strange organizations to this > list without asking the admin first. > > This is a common 'rule' on these lists. Some of you have permission. Some > I post myself. I did NOT choose to forward notice of this organization as > I do not know these people and after examining them thought perhaps they > had some kind of political agenda that they were attempting to use > genealogy to promote. Until I am more sure what agenda is, please do not > forward information about it to this list. > > I also don't like people getting my email address from an unknown source > and spamming me (as they did) > so they are already on my 'maybe not okay' list. > > This list, like all on Rootsweb, is apolitical and also is not supposed to > be involved in collecting funds. Admins > have been removed by Rootsweb for promoting political views and supporting > terrorist causes. > > Over the past few years any number of organizations have been formed, some > spewing forth regurgitated > mythology, often with a political agenda, in the USA or Northern Ireland. > Whether they support my views > or not, this is not the venue to distribute propaganda or possible > propaganda. I also do not promote > mythology - promoting as none of it has helped me with my genealogy. We > need to move beyond it to > something called the truth, which often debunks or at least excavates the > mythological. > > Also please do not post on this topic as it is an administrative issue and > therefore not appropriate as well. > > If you want to have a private conversation, email me privately. DO NOT > POST ON THIS LIST. > > I used to think our situation, due to the recent history in Northern > Ireland, made us unique, but > then a friend (hispanic American) told me of her experiences. WAY back a > few hundred years, > she has a Converso ancestor, a Jewish person who converted to Christianity > in Spain and > migrated to Central America. She joined a Jewish genealogy list to > continue research. The > majority of the people on that list did not practice Judaism, so it and > topics related to it were > definitely off limits, yet the list endured constant spam attacks from > various Jewish groups who > viewed them as easy targets for all kinds of political and religious > purposes. Far worse than > what we (or at least I) have endured here. I was humbled. > > Just don't post this kinda stuff without seeking an okay. This will > definitely keep you > from getting your tail feathers burnt off on a number of other lists as > well, so it is good > general advice. > > Your admin > > Linda Merle > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >