[Rhodes22-list] White Russia, Black Russia now Political Insult

[Hank]

Alan,

Great! You know how to use your filters!  Now if you could just spare us the
holier than thou reporting of the implementation of the filter.

Hank
Fellow poster of non-sailing items

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Alan Robertson <bigal_61 at msn.com> wrote:

> Since you and     Blanche DeFord seem to be using our Rhodes 22 mailing
> lists for personal and not sailing messages,  now matter how interesting to
> me personally who hopes to tour Poland in the near future, please be
> informed that any messages coming from you two now go into our JUNK MAIL.
> bigal_61 at msn.com<mailto:bigal_61 at msn.com>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Ronald Lipton<mailto:ronald.lipton at gmail.com>
>  To: The Rhodes 22 Email List<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>  Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:32 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] White Russia, Black Russia now Political
> Insult
>
>
>  My mother came from Belarus and immigrated to the US after WWII.  My
>  father was also
>  from close by, over the Polish border.  They met during the war as
>  partisans in the
>  Bileski resistance group.  That is the group on which the new movie
>  "Defiance" is
>  based.
>
>  I was there a few years ago and toured the old villages "schtetels"and a
>  partisan
>  camp deep in the Belarussian woods.
>  The country then seemed to be stuck in the 1930's - although now I
>  believe that there has
>  been some progress in improving and rebuilding the infrastructure.
>
>
>  Ron
>
>
>  Blanche DeFord wrote:
>  > Ed,
>  >
>  > When did you emigrate from Belarus?  Did you come directly to the US, or
> have to escape across the USSR border?  Must be quite a story here!
>  >
>  > Sincerely,
>  > Blanche DeFord
>  >
>   > --- On Wed, 1/14/09, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net<mailto:
> ekroposki at charter.net>> wrote:
>  > From: Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net<mailto:ekroposki at charter.net>>
>   > Subject: [Rhodes22-list]  White Russia, Black Russia now Political
> Insult
>   > To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org<mailto:rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>   > Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 7:05 AM
>  >
>  > White Russia and Black Russia were/are parts of Belarus.  You guys are
>  > insulting us of Belarusian ancestry.  Where are the list police now!
>  Where
>  > is Elle now?  The silence is deafening.
>  >
>  > You would think that a some would understand world geography and
> history!
>  >
>  > The list police on this forum are very selective.
>  >
>  > You three guys want insults, I am good at it.
>  >
>   > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus<
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus>
>  >
>  > Ed K
>  >
>
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