I'm sorry too Kyle -- I heard the frustration in your "voice." I've had things rammed down my throat too, and I can appreciate being sick and tired of hearing about the past. I didn't mean to add to that. This is a touchy subject and having things shoved in our faces as though we are the one's who did it is one of the reasons. Being tired of hearing about it doesn't mean we're racists either. Betty In a message dated 12/04/2000 11:30:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > Sorry, B., not meaning to imply that you did. I just hear an awful lot of > it in my job, and to tell the truth, I'm damn sick of it. I will not be > ashamed of something my ancestors did (like my Creek Indian ancestors wiping > out many game animals in the southeast). > Betty aut viam inveniam aut faciam "I will either find a way or make one."