I could have sworn this was America! When did I miss the switch?
BTW, my remark about the damn Yankees was a tongue in cheek for those of you
without a sense of humor, or misplaced Yankee.
Regards,
Steve Stevens
----- Original Message -----
From: "john Hogg" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] A note from your moderator regarding: [VA-ROOTS] War
between the 'STATS'
>I thought Religion, Politics and the Civil War were off limits except under
> narrow genealogical / historical limits.
>
> John
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kimball, Gregg (LVA)
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 9:33 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: A note from your moderator regarding: [VA-ROOTS] War between the
> 'STATS'
>
>
> Dear List Members:
>
> I have received several private emails regarding recent exchanges on
> VA-ROOTS. Let me make two points:
>
> Several members have asked about the message that they receive regarding
> approval. Others have asked why their messages have not gone through
> immediately, although (hopefully) these messages do subsequently appear.
>
>
> This is simply because the list is moderated, and all messages must be
> approved by the moderator: me. As some of you may have noticed, I do
> sometimes have the time and computer connection to approve messages on
> the weekends and in the evenings, but that is not always possible. I am
> the only moderator, so I beg your forbearance. On occasion, I will
> simply miss a message or technology fails. Please feel free to contact
> me if this is the case or re-post your message.
>
> VA-ROOTS and VA-HIST are moderated because of past problems with
> overheated rhetoric, personal attacks, and name-calling. I am loath to
> intervene and I have erred on the side of allowing the broadest possible
> discussion. To this date I have generally found VA-ROOTS to be a
> collegial, welcoming place with fine contributors.
>
> I have never had to reject a post to this list, but this morning I find
> several in my inbox that not only have nothing to do with Virginia
> genealogy but also paint "Yankees" as "foreigners" (I thought that we
> lived in the United States) and others that reduce a complex
> event--secession--to the level of a bumper sticker slogan.
>
> As one poster asked: "OK, now that we have a start for the next FLAME
> war on the VA-ROOTS/HIST listserv, could the administrator create a
> 'Civil War Redux' section so the rest of us can converse about 'history'
> and 'geneaology'?"
>
> I concur.
>
> Gregg
>
> Gregg D. Kimball
> Director, Education and Outreach
> Library of Virginia
> 804-692-3722
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