Barbara Vines Little posted a wise and excellent statement in another heatedly
debated thread:

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:37:06 -0500, Barbara Vines Little, CG wrote
> I think that man's inhumanity to man no matter what his ethnic
> background is equally gruesome and well documented (and should not
> be hidden from children--how else do they learn) and that we should
> all now be able to agree that no one group is superior or inferior
> in that regard... 

Making the study of history an overly emotional process is precisely why these
nonsensical arguments start. There needs to be a big collective "Get over it!"

If you want to get angry about injustice, take your pick of a myriad of
current ones and get worked up over that. This "my ancestors were more wronged
than your ancestors" is getting really old. Passing judgement on people long
dead is a waste of time.

Regards,

Tom A.

I'm still po'd about that snake in the Garden of Eden...

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