It seems that every time there is a mention about the Civil War on one of these rootsweb lists, there are almost invariably some rather bitter comments from some folks who apparently can't let go of a conflict that is now over 125 years old. On the news the other day it was reported that the conflict in Iraq between the Shiite and Sunni Muslim groups was 800 years old. I was thinking how unbelievable that seems. I hope that in 700 years we all have managed to let go of this very old trajedy that most of us refer to as the American Civil War. Personally, I have ancestors from both sides of this conflict, and even if I wanted to identify with one side over the other, I wouldn't know which way to go. From what I have been able to learn about those ancestors directly involved, it was a horrible nightmare, which many of them lived with for the rest of their natural lives. I say let's all let it go and stick with genealogy. Rick Waggener

amen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Waggener" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 2:45 PM Subject: [VACULPEP] The Civil War > It seems that every time there is a mention about the Civil War on one of > these rootsweb lists, there are almost invariably some rather bitter > comments from some folks who apparently can't let go of a conflict that is > now over 125 years old. > > On the news the other day it was reported that the conflict in Iraq > between > the Shiite and Sunni Muslim groups was 800 years old. I was thinking how > unbelievable that seems. I hope that in 700 years we all have managed to > let > go of this very old trajedy that most of us refer to as the American Civil > War. Personally, I have ancestors from both sides of this conflict, and > even > if I wanted to identify with one side over the other, I wouldn't know > which > way to go. From what I have been able to learn about those ancestors > directly involved, it was a horrible nightmare, which many of them lived > with for the rest of their natural lives. I say let's all let it go and > stick with genealogy. > > Rick Waggener > > > ------------------------------- > 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