At 02:40 AM 2/8/00 EST, you wrote: >To my fellow Vicks' > > After many months of enjoying the history of the Vicks' contained in the >many postings, I'am leaving the list because of my abhorence to the racist >nature of the debate over the Confederate flag flying. It's a shame that you've left, DJ. I don't see anyone here championing the cause of racism. What we've been discussing is history. If that causes you to withdraw because you cannot abide the discussion, nobody can stop you. Still, it's a shame because you might learn something. > I do not doubt the honorable nature of the Confederate soldier or his >belief in the righteous nature of his cause. I do not wish to see the >reverence of our forefathers and personal histories abandoned for some nature >of political correctness. I do see the economic system that fosters a belief >in slavery as a plausible work force as wrong. A whole mess of history is >swept under the rug and most of it is very very grey, I hope that our >children are taught well and learn the moral and symbolic nature of our >icons. Then you'd surely want the truth to be taught, rather than teaching that one side or the other was evil because of the beliefs they had. > Thanks to any who read this rant, I simply can't abide the thinly veiled >racism symbolized by the Confederate flag nor the discussion of it's merits >as a symbol of a culture founded on slavery. Please unsubscibe me from >further postings > >Sincerly, > >Anthony Vernon Vick, son of >Vernon Bayard Vick, son of >Raymond Vick, son of >Bayard Vick and many more genrations back to 1790, Dupoy KY to Detroit MI to >Denver, CO to currently San Diego CA If you believe that discussions of the history of the civil war is racism, then I'd highly recommend that you examine your own beliefs. Our ancestors did as they did, and all of the wishing in the world isn't going to change one of their actions. Well, unless you subscribe to the philosophy of Big Brother, that is. (George Orwell's book, 1984) Ronald Vick