The recent (60 years ago) past is not history? > I see a problem with the logic here. We are talking about > Virginia history, > and you continue to bring in events that happened in the recent > past. If you > stick to the topic, you may get some helpful responses. > > Anita > >From: "Lyle E. Browning" <[log in to unmask]> > >Reply-To: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history > > <[log in to unmask]> > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Re: The Law & Lynching > >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:08:57 -0400 > > > >By your logic, then only German and Austrian Nazis qualify? None of the > >other nationalities? No Nazis who moved to South America? No neo- Nazi > >skinheads, White Aryan Nation types, of the more recent mutations, etc. > >etc. etc.? > > > >I do not ascribe to the hyper-relativist argument as it only leads to the > >bad guys proliferating. Once again, Hitler was an insignificant small > >group of 1 who metastasized into the full-blown horror. Likewise the > >growth of Islamic extremists or you name the group starts with a few and > >grows into the many. > > > >My view on them is quite simple. Stomp the hell out of all of them, > >regardless of origin. > > > >If that is still incomprehensible to you, we agree to disagree, with my > >sympathies. > > > >Lyle Browning, RPA > > > > > >On Jun 25, 2007, at 11:31 PM, Anne Pemberton wrote: > > > >>Lyle, > >> > >>Your last response reminds of the old "one drop rule" whereby if a > >>person's heritage include "one drop" of non-white blood, they were > >>"demoted" to the discriminated-against group. > >> > >>Why does it bother you so much that a handful of African-American MAY be > >>racists when there are still so many white-Americans who still boldly > >>express their racism. If one racist is one too many, it seems you should > >>focus your scolding on the largest groups, rather than the > >>insignificantly small group. > >> > >>Let's clean up our own boots before we point to the mud on our neighbor's > >>boots. > >> > >>Anne > >> > >> > >>Anne Pemberton > >>[log in to unmask] > >>http://www.erols.com/apembert > >>http://www.educationalsynthesis.org > > _________________________________________________________________ > PC Magazine’s 2007 editors’ choice for best Web > mail—award-winning Windows > Live Hotmail. > http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507 >