I did NOT say this...
| "Jim Macklin"
wrote in
| I'll second that. I'm sick and tired of the descendents
of
| the slaves demanding recompense (in whatever form) from
the
| descendents of the slave owners. Were you personally
enslaved?
| Were you personally a slave owner? I thought not.
Remember the
| past, yes, but get over it.
|
"Mortimer Schnerd, RN"
wrote in message
. ..
| Skywise wrote:
| "Jim Macklin"
wrote in
| I'll second that. I'm sick and tired of the descendents
of
| the slaves demanding recompense (in whatever form) from
the
| descendents of the slave owners. Were you personally
enslaved?
| Were you personally a slave owner? I thought not.
Remember the
| past, yes, but get over it.
|
|
|
| None of the above. My maternal ancestors came over during
the Potato Famine to
| Massachusetts. It's safe to assume they didn't own
anybody. My paternal
| grandparents came here from Austria in 1920. hey didn't
own anyone either.
| Given those facts, I don't believe I owe anyone ****.
|
| The Poles abused my grandfather; he hated them. Do I hate
Poles? Hell, no.
| What have they ever done to *me*? Nothing. What's in the
past is in the past.
| If it were a part of my own life experience, I might hold
a grudge. But it
| isn't... so I don't.
|
| People like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson latch onto
issues like this to cover
| their personal lack of achievement.
|
|
|
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| Mortimer Schnerd, RN
|
| VE
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