OK, Neil, you are right that I went a little overboard making fun of a
poster who was just making a joke. I will have to get my sense of humor
retooled.
But I must say that I have known Brent Tarter for over fifteen years and
never have experienced him being partisan over ordinary politics. What
Brent has always been fierce about is the integrity of the Library of
Virginia and its staff. That is what his post clearly reveals. So let's
cut Brent some slack.
If a person is going to be loyal something smaller than the nation or
greater than his/her own family, one could choose much worse objects for
such loyalty than the wonderful LV.
Harold S. Forsythe
----- Original Message -----
From: "macbd1" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.
> Oh, c'mon folks. A recent off-topic political posting was made about
> stodgy conservative Repuplicans, the present field of candidates in
> particular, lacking a sense of humor and their being at the center of many
> problems. The posting seemed to be of serious intent but its wording made
> it humorous and no corrective action was taken. Likewise, no corrective
> action was taken last month near Veterans' Day when a serious liberal
> political rant against the global war on terrorism was made -- this was
> also ignored without comment. Further, it is not uncommon to see
> anti-conservative remarks casually made at this list. This is
> understandable at a forum that includes a high proportion of academics but
> that does not make it right.
>
> A quite obviously humorous political posting was made yesterday against
> liberal beliefs -- it included no character impugning or personal insult
> IMHO; again it was _a very obvious joke_ (granted, it was inappropriate
> and maybe only funny to those being conservative bent.) I don't
> understand why anyone took time to respond. In this case, our List
> administrator and others jumped all over the posting and its author, while
> it seems certain that had a pro-liberal political posting or remark been
> made it would have yet again passed by without comment.
>
> With all due respect, if corrective action is to be taken at this list I
> believe it should focus on eliminating 'all' political jokes, slurs and
> comments, liberal and conservative alike.
>
> Neil McDonald
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tarter, Brent (LVA)" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 7:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.
>
>
> Yojsouth:
>
> You wrote yesterday, "They took down the governors or Virginia page on
> Harry Byrd Sr., et. al. to use the space for the human caused golbal
> warming page and Al Gore's award winning movie on same."
>
> This is not true. Maybe you made up what you thought was a clever reply,
> but it is a falsehood that impugns the integrity of the Library of
> Virginia and of the honorable people who work here.
>
> Do not tell lies on this list, and do not insult people.
>
> Anyway, the "click" to which Ann Pemberton referred works just fine this
> morning.
>
> Brent Tarter
> The Library of Virginia
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Please visit the Library of Virginia's Web site at
> http://www.lva.virginia.gov
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:23 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.
>
> Anne;
>
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