Thank you, This is one debate that no one will ever win, so it is time to
move on.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Cabell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: Cessation of Hostilities
> Very well said, Brent. I, probably along with about 450 other VA-Histers,
> agree that it has reached the point where fewer than 5% of us folks out
> there are carrying on a ---shall we say 'spirited' --- debate. I wonder
if
> there is any facility there in the Gian-Library-of-Virginia-Internet-
Server
> which will let such small groups peel of into a group unto themselves and
> carry on without the rest of us. This would allow free expression ad
> infinitum to those who wished to continue their interchange, but at the
same
> time would greatly free up INBOXES of the rest of us to pursue paths of
more
> general interest.
>
> Again, thanks for stepping in.
> Randy Cabell
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brent Tarter" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 8:14 AM
> Subject: Cessation of Hostilities
>
>
> > I hate to do this, but I now have to insist on a cessation of
hostilities
> on
> > the subjects of "Gods and Generals," Lincoln and the Emancipation
> > Proclamation, and even the Virginia Standards of Learning (if anybody
> wants
> > to discuss them intelligently) and the childish personal retorts that
have
> > largely ruined a good conversation and annoyed a great many subscribers,
> > including me.
> >
> > We can resume next week, maybe, after tempers have cooled off. In the
mean
> > time, please cultivate the practice of thinking before replying.
> >
> > Brent Tarter
> > The Library of Virginia
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Visit the Library of Virginia's web site at http://www.lva.lib.va.us
> >
> > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the
instructions
> > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html
>
> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions
> at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html
>
To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions
at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html
|
