But we should never lose sight of those who hide behind the cloak of fire 
and brimstone religion to deliver a message of bigotry and hatred.  There 
seems to be a recurring theme of a modified Golden Rule:  Do unto others as 
they would do unto us.... only do it first.  Our society seems to have a 
broken (or at least cracked) system of ethics... and it needs some fixin'! 
We need to learn how to be good citizens and try to learn more about those 
in positions of authority.

Wow, I vented.  Thanks all... that felt good.

Ronald Whitaker
Athens, OH




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Philip Adams" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: The Law & Lynching


> Racist exist on both sides. The white folks have David Duke and crowds. 
> The
> black folks, Farrakhan, Sharpton, Jackson, and others. BTW, do not forget
> those who hate both sides, and are willing to kill us all.
> As it goes for the Klan. The Klan beat and hanged whites for misdeeds,
> perceived and 'real' as well as they were hanging and beating blacks. As 
> it
> goes for whites ignoring the Klan members, it we somewhat  hard to turn in
> those who were members when they were family members, cousins or siblings.
> The consequence of discovery that you were the 'snitch' was the terrifying
> realization that you also could become a victim. Remaining quite was the
> price for survival. I hope that we can change and become united Americans
> again. We have more to merge our families' than we do by allowing others 
> to
> knife us in the back.
>
> John Philip Adams
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Pemberton
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 7:49 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: The Law & Lynching
>
> Lyle,
>
> I suggest it is you who have misunderstood me. I am asking you to look
> carefully at the comparisons you make. The KKK existed for several
> generations and was responsible for a tremendous amount of terror and a 
> fair
>
> number of killings. As far as I know, no one is "terrorized" by whatever
> Louis Farrankhan is saying, and no one has been killed in response to his
> words. You seem to be grabbing at straws to assert that black folks are
> somehow just as racist as the KKK was. Yet, there is no substance to you
> allegation. The numbers are just not there!!!
>
> Anne
>
> Anne Pemberton
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.erols.com/apembert
> http://www.educationalsynthesis.org
>