----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley" <maples1@hctc.com> To: <WASHINGTON-L@rootsweb.com> > What does this have to do with genealogy in Washington state??? It > looks more like personal messages being posted. > shirley It may not be genealogy and may not be within guidelines...but do you KNOW about what is going on in with the earthquake and tsunami ? Do you KNOW that this person is writing about someone that may have died in it. She is feeling a deep emotional concern over people that had recently written from the disaster zone. Currently we are talking about at LEAST 60,000 people killed, and tens of millions homeless. What an uncaring, unsympathetic remark. I think it's sometimes okay to think about people in need and disasters, rather than those that happen to have died years ago in Washington. Maybe you should think about contributing to a charity for those persons rather than complain about their writings. Ron Bestrom