Anne,

We all know your sentiments. And we all know the sentiments of those  
who don't agree with you, as both sides have preached at each other ad  
nauseum. This is a history discussion list. Your sense of moral  
outrage is understood and by continuing in that vein, it has become a  
one drum sideshow. Enough is enough. We have the message. You are not  
going to change anyone's mind by tossing another hand grenade. In  
fact, you are only inflaming the moderates on here to have you tossed  
off. Now if that's what you want, by all means keep right on going.  
But if you wish to participate in a meaningful way, please tone it down.

Emoting away over the past doesn't solve one damned thing. We're all  
trying to understand various aspects of it and what the extreme that  
you preach and the counterpoint extreme are doing is hopelessly  
muddying the waters.

Have you not got any pet project into which you can pour your emotions  
that will make a difference to the here and now? I would suggest  
finding something that can take your guilt and turn it into a useful  
tool. Sex slavery is still alive and well. Tribal violence in the  
Congo and other parts of Africa is also distressingly strong. Surely  
one of these might get you going. At least there it is real.

But please, please stop it on this list.

Lyle


On Nov 24, 2008, at 3:57 PM, Anne Pemberton wrote:

> And, the number is growing, J. South.
> I put up the pages for Nat Turner and John Paul Jones on the 11th,  
> and so far, 120 people have checked out Nat Turner, and only 104  
> have checked out John Paul Jones.
>
> I am inclined to think that all Africans who attempted to get their  
> freedom, whether by rebellion, attacking their "masters", or by  
> running away, are more heroic than the owners could ever pretend to  
> be.
>
> How heroic is someone who is beating the stuffings out of someone  
> who is just seeking their human rights?
>
>
> Anne
>
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