================================================ Subject: Re: Re: this is NOT a hoax...please read From: "Kevin L. Brown" To: "]\\[][G}{T§TÖ®]v[" Date: Wed 3 Oct 2001 18:16:30 -0700 ================================================ One of my favorites was the "don't use waterproof sunscreen because if you get it in your eyes, you can't wash it out!" Yeesh. I sometimes reply to these people: "Unplug your keyboard and leave it by the front door. Someone will be around to collected it shortly." ----- Original Message ----- From: "]\[][G}{T§TÖ®]v[" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 5:12 PM Subject: Re: this is NOT a hoax...please read > Hey kevin, I think you're getting it now. > Have you checked out Snopes lately? They have a full page dedicated to the > "truths" which are mostly bullshit that are going around about the recent > events in New York and DC. I personally like the current one going > around... "Don't buy any soda's like Coke or Pepsi, or else you'll be giving > money to bin Laden"... giving the fact that he owns (should be past tense) > stock in Gum Arabic... or the one about The Dunkin' Dognuts staff that were > dancing and celebrating when the planes hit... total bullshit, mind you, and > made up only to hurt the company. > Same goes for virus hoaxes. How many times have YOU gotten the "A Virtual > Flower For You" warning? There are just too many gullible people out there > who will believe anything they read, and not bother checking the sources. > And like e-mail is a wonderous source of info, anyway. Doesn't anyone think > that if the Klingerman virus was actually true, that it would have been in a > newspaper or on the news at some point? Wouldn't there be some sort of > proof behind it besides an e-mail? > Some people just don't bother to look at facts. It's these kind of people > that should be kept off computers for the better of mankind. {;o)