Mr. Weaver, we are adults but a Thank You goes to your amen corner and kudos, also one atta-boy. George Weaver wrote: > Thanks, > Please keep everyone on subject rather than filling up the mail with opinions. > > from George L. Weaver > gweaver@cgemc.com > > >>> LadyEbonSwan@aol.com 06/14/01 03:58PM >>> > The recent discussions on the Civil War (fill in your favorite subsitute > here) and its causes, events, aftermath and fallout are most definitely > germane to this list. So is discussion about the various and sundry flags > flown at the time, and their context in modern society. I will remind the > list of a few things, however. > We are all adults here. These subjects cause ill feelings between > people, as it ever shall. This is hardly new; hang out in Ireland for a > while, and you get the same situation, different subject. Call somebody a > Sassenach in Scotland and be prepared to head for the hills. I am more than > confident that we can keep our collective cool about this. Opinions will > vary. Debate and discussion are welcome. You will keep it civil. You will > refrain from personal attacks and slander. There will be *no* Yank-baiting, > nor shall there be Southern-baiting. Any parties found doing any of these > will be given *one* warning shot, in a private email. Should the activity > continue, they will be removed from the list with no further explanation nor > apologies given. In 72 hours you may re-subscribe, assuming tempers have > cooled off. > Thus far this list has been unbelievably restrained given the topics. > I'm proud of you; many other lists by this point would've descended into > knock-down, drag-out brawls. Please keep it this way...set a precedent for > everyone else! > > Thankin' you.... > > Melissa Strobel > list-admin > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2