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 > [log in to unmask] > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html