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
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