David:  This is very sad and distrubing.  Whether it happned in another state or not we should all think about the child and hope that something like this does not occur again. And I agree with you. Things like this can occur anyday
and a holiday or what ever day that it occurs on has nothing to do with it.  Jane Steele.
-----Original Message-----
>From: David Kiracofe <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jun 20, 2007 9:06 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Juneteenth
>
>What exactly did you want to discuss so robustly about this tragic event
>in another state?  A child was struck by a car and a crowd attacked one
>of the people in that car.   Are you suggesting we assume celebrating
>Juneteenth made them violent?  As a point for debate, it seems little
>more than ad hominem.
>
>David Kiracofe
>
>David Kiracofe
>History
>Tidewater Community College
>Chesapeake Campus
>1428 Cedar Road
>Chesapeake, Virginia 23322
>757-822-5136
>>>> <[log in to unmask]> 06/20/07 6:12 PM >>>
>An open and robust discussion is never furthered by censorship ( I 
>didn't 
>get that off a bumper sticker, I made it up myself, although someone
>else  
>probably said something like that in the past).
> 
>If newspaper accounts are so inherently unreliable, why do historians
>use  
>and rely on them to buttress their research and theses in scholarly 
>articles?
> 
>The Duke lacrosse incident took place in North Carolina, so you have  
>violated your own rule on Virginia topics, however you should not be
>censored  for 
>doing so.
> 
>Happy Juneteenth to you all.
> 
>J South
>
>
>
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Lillian Jane Steele