-Caveat Lector-
Oh for gods� sake, come on. Nobody can be perfect like you June, maybe you do research
every detail of every suggestion, but just because someone threw a subject into the
pot that proved to be fake, there is no need to cause such a ruckus.
The mail you sent which listed the urban myths was enough to debunk that particular
thread, lets leave it at that.
revcoal wrote:
> -Caveat Lector-
>
>On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Edward Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>(actually, I just forwarded the post from someone whom I trusted as being
>>somewhat reliable), I issued the originator of this thread on the slim
>>chance that there may have been something to it. Generally, I post such
>>"provocative" information in the hopes that potential readers will be
>>able to discern fact from fiction.
>
>Which is totally OT for this list...
>
>And still does not change the fact that you are spamming disinfo under the
>guise of 'truth'...if you TRULY doubted it's validity, you should have
>clearly labeled it as such...preceded it with something like "Hey, I just
>got this in from what I feel is a reliable source, can anyone confirm or
>deny this info?"...
>
>No, you sent it out only with a statement preceding the anecdotes claiming
>it came from a 'reliable' source, thereby implying validity...
>
>
>>I see no such standard applied to the posters
>>of other conspiratorial threads on subjects referring, say, to federal
>>concentration camps :-)
>
>Federal concentration camps fall under the umbrella designation of
>'conspiracy research'...supposed needles left in supposed movie theater
>seats does not...
>
>
>>That said, I find it interesting that June, my harshest critic on this
>>matter, made no mention of the fact that I just as eagerly disseminated a
>>retraction of the thread--as a hoax--in the form of another forewarded
>>post entitled: "SR News: The Aids Needle Hoaxes."
>
>Only after it was roundly pointed out by myself and others that it was a
>hoax, including my post with the URLs which document it as a hoax...only
>THEN did you post your retraction...
>
>Not only is spamming such stuff a breach of 'netiquette', it gives serious
>researchers into such things as 'conspiracy theories' a bad name to be
>associated with deseminating such obvious hoaxes...if one can't take the
>time to make sure of the validity of such stories as the HIV needles, the
>organ harvesting, the free trip to Disney, the any number of 'Good Times'
>viruses, the flashing-headlight-gang-initiation, and other internet
>hoaxes/urban legends, how can one's assertion on any OTHER subject be
>taken seriously?
>
>June
>
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