Thank you, This is one debate that no one will ever win, so it is time to move on. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Cabell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 12:07 PM Subject: Re: Cessation of Hostilities > Very well said, Brent. I, probably along with about 450 other VA-Histers, > agree that it has reached the point where fewer than 5% of us folks out > there are carrying on a ---shall we say 'spirited' --- debate. I wonder if > there is any facility there in the Gian-Library-of-Virginia-Internet- Server > which will let such small groups peel of into a group unto themselves and > carry on without the rest of us. This would allow free expression ad > infinitum to those who wished to continue their interchange, but at the same > time would greatly free up INBOXES of the rest of us to pursue paths of more > general interest. > > Again, thanks for stepping in. > Randy Cabell > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brent Tarter" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 8:14 AM > Subject: Cessation of Hostilities > > > > I hate to do this, but I now have to insist on a cessation of hostilities > on > > the subjects of "Gods and Generals," Lincoln and the Emancipation > > Proclamation, and even the Virginia Standards of Learning (if anybody > wants > > to discuss them intelligently) and the childish personal retorts that have > > largely ruined a good conversation and annoyed a great many subscribers, > > including me. > > > > We can resume next week, maybe, after tempers have cooled off. In the mean > > time, please cultivate the practice of thinking before replying. > > > > Brent Tarter > > The Library of Virginia > > [log in to unmask] > > > > Visit the Library of Virginia's web site at http://www.lva.lib.va.us > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html