Please excuse duplication. -L. FYI: ----- Forwarded by Chris Peterson/Amigos on 09/20/2001 05:05 PM ----- Current Urban Legends and Netlore * Songs Banned From The Airwaves Clear Channel Communications has issued a list of songs officially banned from airplay to their American radio stations. Status: False. No, there is no ban <http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/hoaxes/radio.htm> in effect. * Light A Candle The U.S. is asking its citizens to light a candle at a specified time tonight as a show of solidarity. Status: False. No, nothing is planned for tonight or any other night. Claims that the U.S. government is behind the idea are false. Our Candle Power <http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/hoaxes/candle.htm> page attempts to explain why this e-mailed exhortation likely came about. * The Number 11 An impressive array of 11s can be shaken out of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. Status: Depends on how you look at it. We're humans -- we always look for patterns in randomness, as our Yo Work <http://www.snopes2.com/spoons/fracture/numbers.htm> page attempts to explain. * Letter From an Afghan American The widely circulated essay "An Afghan American Speaks" was written by Tamim Ansary. Status: True. This essay <http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/outrage/ansary.htm> appeared on Salon.com on 14 September 2001. * Flag Ban A Florida company barred its employees from displaying the American flag in their cubicles. Status: True. On Friday, 14 September 2001, National Council of Compensation Insurance took this action. Over the weekend, the company was prevailed upon to change its mind, and as of Monday, 17 September 2001 the ban <http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/outrage/flagban.htm> was no longer in effect. * Building Surfer A man trapped on a high floor of the collapsing World Trade Towers rode the falling debris to safety. Status: Undetermined. Another hard-to-pin-down rumor <http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/hoaxes/survivor.htm> . * Footage of Palestinians Celebrating Comes From 1991 The images of Palestinians dancing in the streets in the wake of the attacks on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon was shot in 1991, not last week. Status: False. No, the footage <http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/outrage/cnn.htm> is current and real. * Falwell and Robertson Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson blame the Attack on America on civil liberties groups, feminists, homosexuals and abortion rights supporters, saying they caused God to turn his face away from the USA. Status: True. Yes, these two television evangelists are blaming <http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/outrage/falwell.htm> what they see as specific declines in American morality for the Attack on America. * Find Osama Bin Laden! You can help a group of computer hackers find Osama Bin Laden by donating money to them. Status: False. What we likely have here is a scam <http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/scams/binladen.htm> designed to part the outraged from their money. If you want to help, donate to established charities like the Red Cross. Don't let your money line the pockets of the unscrupulous. * The Coup's Coup Album cover depicts exploding World Trade Center towers. Status: True. The planned cover of The Coup's <http://www.snopes2.com/spoons/photos/thecoup.htm> unreleased "Party Music" album did depict such an image, but the cover has since been changed. * The Face Of Evil Face-like images appear in two photos of the smoke rising from the doomed World Trade Center towers. Status: True. The photos are unretouched <http://www.snopes2.com/spoons/photos/wtcface.htm> . Those tempted to read meaning into them, however, should reflect back upon their childhoods when they saw many vivid images in the clouds that scudded by. * Nostradamus Quatrain Predicts Beginning of World War III A Nostradamus prophecy about the fall of "two brothers" (referring to the World Trade Center towers) fortells the imminent beginning of "the third big war." Status: False. The "prophecy" was not penned by Nostradamus, but rather by a by university student in Canada as an example of how vague imagery could be worked into an ominous-sounding prediction. Our False <http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/hoaxes/predict.htm> Prediction page tells the story. * The Good Neighbor A Canadian columnist penned a stirring essay in support of the U.S.A. Status: True. Canadian columnist Gordon Sinclair (1900-1984) penned the essay " The <http://www.snopes2.com/quotes/sinclair.htm> Americans" in 1973. The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have revived interest in it. --------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include in body: unsubscribe ctls-l For information on CTLS-L please visit: http://www.ctls.net/document/ctls-l.htm
