Forced and/or litigated apologies mean nothing. Apologies on behalf of people long dead who cannot speak for themselves mean nothing and are totally ridiculous 300 years on, and those asking for them know it. It would be interesting to know how many times these politically correct public apologies have been publicly accepted by those demanding the apologies. The travesty will be if this gentleman is forced to apologize for not apologizing. The whole thing is bogus and everyone knows it. Excalibur131 <[log in to unmask]> wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Frederick Fausz" To: Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:18 PM Subject: VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE > When the legislature moved back to regular session in Richmond, > however, that warm and cozy feeling quickly vanished. As I read > in the St. Louis Post Dispatch on 1/17, Delegate Frank Harmon > spoke against a "measure that would apologize on the state's > behalf to the descendants of slaves." He allegedly told a > Charlottesville reporter that "our black citizens should get over > slavery" and then added: "are we going to force the Jews to > apologize for killing Christ?" Needless to say, his comments > "drew denunciations from stunned colleagues." > > Fred Fausz > St. Louis In these times of political correctness, I wonder what Delegate Frank Harmon's "stunned colleagues" were whispering behind closed doors? Do you think that, in secrecy, some of his "stunned colleagues" weren't so stunned after all and agreed with what he said in part or in whole? Would they have denounced Delegate Frank Harmon if his words were spoken in private? It is so hard to tell fact from fiction when political correctness is the name of the game. Tom Eastern Shore & More Forum http://www.easternshoremore.com/forum/ 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