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Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 06:14:44 EDT

Dear List Members,

To those whom I have offended, I'm sorry you feel that I've made an error in
judgment by posting the list of "proclaimed traitors." I will not apologize
for posting this list. It is a fact of history that both sides in any
conflict commit acts ranging from unpleasantness to atrocity as well as from
kindness to selfless bravery. During the American Revolution, many people
were adjudged traitors by both sides. Those who took sides condemned those
who did not.

It was not my intent in listing those who were publicly proclaimed by the
government to be traitors to point a finger. I was simply offering the names
as they appear in the Pennsylvania Gazette. Below is my opening paragraph
from my post:

"The following individuals are reported in the June 17, 1778 edition of the
Pennsylvania Packet as having joined the British Army and were therefore
proclaimed traitors to the United States. Some, but not all, had Quaker
ancestry or were Quakers themselves."

Note that _I_ did not call them traitors. I make no judgment on these
individuals whatsoever; I merely thought that someone might find the list
useful.

It was not the purpose of my post to present a balanced view of the war. In
times of war neither side is totally good or totally evil.

Karen Mullian

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