Whoops, forgot to mention the posting you were replying to, and which is a posting I made replying to a loaded-for-bear attack on Lyle by Anne. So, that makes 4 postings by me in the last week or so, but just one defending another poster. Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: "myfriends" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] The Law & Lynching >I think you have me mixed up with someone else. The only posts I've made >in the last week or so was one to you re. indentured children, one re. >Prof. Pfiefer's papers on lynching, and one re. furnace workers. Am I >overlooking something? > If so, I'd like to knw, but if not, then you tell me: What IS really > going on here? > > Gus > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anita Wills" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 4:40 PM > Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] The Law & Lynching > > > Ummm, it appears that Lyle has also misread postings. Each time I > have attempted to point that out to him, you jump in to defend him. > So what is really going on here? > > Anita > > > > -- myfriends <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Come on, Anne, get real. You seem to have an urge to pick at > anything Lyle > has posted recently, and to insinuate that he is somehow a racist. > To make > sure, I just reread everything he's written in the last week plus > your > replies, and it's clear you have completely misread Lyle's postings. > > Your logic --or lack thereof-- shows up when you suggest comparing > apples > to apples and then use the KKK and Farrenkat's preaching as > examples. You > can't just chose part of the equation, and unless you also consider > time, > location, etc. your comparison would still be a mixed bag of > fruit. I > suppose now you'll charge me with being a racist, too, but you'd > better > think twice and ask for pictures before you do, unless, like Lyle, > you > believe racism can be found anywhere. > > At the risk of being a real bore, may I suggest you back off and give > others > a chance to have opinions, and if you think you disagree and should > comment, > read what they had to say a second time, CAREFULLY. > > Gus > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anne Pemberton" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 3:51 PM > Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] The Law & Lynching > > >> Lyle, >> >> I'm not going to take on the whole of your post, but please tell me > how >> many whites were lynched in response to Louis Farrenkat's > preaching, and >> then compare that total with the number of black lynched by the KKK > (or >> estimates, I'm not sure that there are absolute numbers anywhere, > but >> maybe there are). >> >> Let's make sure that we are comparing apples to apples, not apples > to >> grapes. >> >> >> Anne >> >> Anne Pemberton >> [log in to unmask] >> http://www.erols.com/apembert >> http://www.educationalsynthesis.org > > _____________________________________________________________ > Click here for free information on consolidating your debt. > http://track.netzero.net/s/lc?u=http://tagline.untd.us/fc/Ioyw6ijmNXzy5CRCF4e99VkRZJBhRp5bGXXTyUq6FnbCL18e0GYIbo/