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From: Richard Barney <>
Subject: Re: James II and Anne Hyde - Their Children?
Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 07:50:25 -0700


At 09:23 AM 5/7/97 -0500, you wrote:
>GE>Why did you post your message to the list? In trying to make yourself look
>GE>good, you only revealed your own mean spirited character. private mail is
>GE>suppose to be private. RWB
>
>My apologies to the list, but for reasons that are obvious, I can't
>figure out exactly who sent the above to me - and every one else on the
>list.
>
>Your message came through to me exactly as shown - with a return address
>of . I don't know and can't fathom why
>you'd want to send such a critical comment to everyone that subscribes
>to the list. If such a comment is warranted (and, since you didn't
>bother to quote the original message, I have no way of knowing what
>you're talking about), it would be more effective if sent to the person
>responsible, not to everyone on the list.
>
>The way you did it just seems to make you look a little stupid.(thanks, I am
happy to be "just a little stupid".
>
>the message WAS sent to the individual...and it was directed to the list
because H.Spence.Hines responded privately to him in a negative way and this
individual chose to reply to that by going public with his response...which
included all the back and forth messages. The result was all of us were
exposed to a bitter interchange better left as it began...private. RWB

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