Truth, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Should the children read this and think it factual then they did not read close enough. While it is true that bold statements were made, I believe that most was couched as conjecture, speculation, and rumor. However that is not to say they are not all "true". Who am I to judge another's delusion. My advise to you is go back to your rainy day nap and let the less informed believe all they read to be "true". May the Force be with you Also, I don't believe I have read the words veracity and historical in the same sentence since my undergrad days. Cool Chris "TGIF" Flynn -----Original Message----- From: Holly Hodges [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:03 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: UV light filters, George II, and historical veracity In a message dated 12/13/01 3:58:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > But we'll never know for sure now! George the IInd has just invoked > Executive Order 13233 (for this story, go here: > http://www.channel2000.com/sh/news/stories/nat-news-112577320011213-111224.h > tml ), so the records will NEVER get released! > > Dennis Great! I take a nap on my afternoon off (it's raining here and in spite of the drought real rain makes me sleepy) and wake up to find the archivists at play again! Tomorrow's RAIN (Ha!) will includes headlines of "George II threatens to behead the archival profession for the trechery of revealing the classified secrets of laser technological history." Okay, sounds like something of of National Inquirer's front page. Would NI qualify for RAIN? What standards are there to address this? We have descriptive standards, encoding standards, digital imaging standards, but what of historical veracity? Or did we hash that out after the urban legends of 9-11? Have pity on the poor non-archival souls who tread this thread, as he may not recognise the twilight zone until the show's over. Holly Hodges Lynchburg, VA A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List! To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List! To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>