It was only one person, who chose to remain anonymous, who slandered all
attorneys. Not sure why you thought it was necessary to respond in kind.
Kirk Johnson
Graduate Student, GMU
Librarian, Prince William County Public Library System
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] (VA-HIST] "The Monster of Monticello"
As a practicing attorney, I find it humorous for anyone to suggest that
"professional" historians with their PC perspectives are somehow more
objective and factually accurate than members of my profession.
JDS
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> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:24:59 -0700
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: (VA-HIST] "The Monster of Monticello"
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> In dealing with some attorneys, the question is not of inaccuracies;
> it is of lies. Attorneys are trained to represent a side of an issue,
> whether or not they agree with the side they represent. Who is better
> equipped to lie than an attorney? Attorneys can be your best friends
or your worst enemies.
> They get no right-of-way of the "truth" by me - they often get the
> opposite (and often have earned it).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Herbert Barger
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 8:28 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] (VA-HIST] "The Monster of Monticello"
>
> The Madison Hemings, Samuel Wetmore Pike Co. article fits the last
> line exactly, "constructed their memories in a particular way at a
> particular time."
>
> Herb
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Heinegg
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 5:37 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] (VA-HIST] "The Monster of Monticello"
>
> David Thelen discusses the issue of memory and U.S. history in his
> article "Memory and American History" [Journal of American History,
> Vol. 75 (March
> 1989): 1117-1129].
> "..the memory of past experiences is so profoundly intertwined with
> the basic identities of individuals, groups, and cultures..."
> "...the important question is not how accurately a recollection fitted
> some piece of past reality, but why historical actors constructed
> their memories in a particular way at a particular time."
> Paul
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