================================================ Subject: Re: this is NOT a hoax...please read From: "]\\[][G}{T§TÖ®]v[" To: Date: Wed 3 Oct 2001 20:12:16 -0400 ================================================ 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) ¤]\[][G}{T§TÖ®]v[¤ http://www.geocities.com/npicrash NightStorm_Draco_@hotmail.com Admin@AmericanPearlFan.cjb.net NightStorm@isyourgod.cjb.net I've seen the wicked fruit of your vine, Destroy the man who lacks a strong mind Human pride sings a vengeful song Inspired by the times you've been walked on My stage is shared by many millions, Who lift their hands up high because they feel this We are one We are strong, The more you hold us down the more we press on What if you did? What if you lied? What if I avenge? What if eye for an eye? ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin L. Brown To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 7:49 PM Subject: Re: this is NOT a hoax...please read Excuse me? Would I really believe what? I knew this was a hoax by the simple fact it stated "this is not a hoax". What are you claiming is becoming "hush hush"? What things are going around? Hoaxes? Sorry, but we know about them. They exist because people can't be bothered to fire electrons through their brain matter long enough to think things through. No, not all urban "ledgends" (hint: legend) were real at some point. Most were invented by bored people. hint: precaution OH MY GOD! WHAT IF IT'S TRUE! WHAT THEN? Come on, think. Think, think, think. That's one of the most ridiculous arguments for forwarding information from an unknown source that I've ever heard. Hey, if someone passes you without headlights on, don't flash your lights at them! They're gang members who will kill you! (another urban legend) Oh, and there are people going around stealing kidneys. Better forward it to everyone JUST IN CASE! These hoaxes cause real monetary damage for ISPs. They get propogated through hundreds of millions of email addresses over and over taking up space. Space that costs money. Space that you and I are paying for in ISP fees. Don't forward anything without checking the facts. ----- Original Message ----- From: Christine Buboltz To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 2:21 PM Subject: Re: this is NOT a hoax...please read Honestly, would you really believe it if you haven't seen it. EVERY thing is becoming all hush hush...i'm not trying to start a panic, or get people all pissy at me, i'm just trying to let people know there are things going around that we still dont know about, and maybe never will, until it's too late. i was told this was an "urban ledgend"...among other things. where do urban ldgends come from??? at some point or another, that "ledgend" was real. where did these guys get this info to prove it otherwise. i dont believe in everything i hear. but this, hells yeah i do. one, just because it DID come from actual officers, and two, because it threatens our saftey. i sent this out as a percaution for people. i mean WHAT if it is true. at least people will know what NOT to do...not to open that package. if its not true, well then oh well, thats less of a worry in our lives. theres no need to panic, either way. just as a percaution...please... To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp