Dear Santosh,
Here is a third post, in quick succession. :-)
Thank you for taking this opportunity to educate the members of this forum about the possibilities of contracting a disease from a needle injury. I appreciate it and I'm sure all who read your posts appreciate the information contained therein. Thank God the risk is quite low, as these injuries do occur, especially in a hospital setting, as I'm sure you already know.
Mario's original post might or might not be 100% false, still I appreciate that he was sincere in his attempt to pass on a warning to the members of this forum. Is this a Mars/Venus moment we're having? Do you focus only on the content while I focus only on his intent?
Santosh, no one believes it is "alright to spread made up stories of intentional harm on public mailing lists if they are exaggerated versions of isolated, accidental, real occurrences." Do you think that was Mario's intent? I do not.
Warm regards,
Viviana
Santosh Helekar wrote:
--- Viviana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Am I not allowed to post my opinions or comments on Goanet because I donate some time to the cause each day?
Dear Vivian,
I wish you posted more often. I am glad I succeeded in eliciting two posts from you in quick succession.
WRT to Mario's original post, my feeling is this: Why would anyone be inclined to impugn the integrity
or intelligence of a man who was making a sincere
attempt to warn his fellow Goanetters of a
hazard??
I have not impugned the integrity or intelligence of
anyone. I have merely stated and substantiated the
fact that the message that was forwarded was entirely
a hoax. I have also expressed my concern about the
defensiveness that it has generated. I have not
claimed that the forwarding was intentional.
In any case, I have taken this thread as an opportunity to report whatever pertinent facts I know and could find out about this issue.
Not a possible hazard, but a real hazard: I know it
is a hazard because I was present once when it
happened.
As I have stated before the risk of catching HIV from a discarded needle in a public place is extremely low to negligible.
Whether Mario's post was 100% true or not isn't theas
point, there is at least some truth in the warning,
these injuries do occur.
From my standpoint, that post is entirely the point.It was 100% untrue - a total fabrication. But I do not hold Mario responsible for its origin. He was clearly duped by it. I only have a problem with the notion that it is alright to spread made up stories of intentional harm on public mailing lists if they are exaggerated versions of isolated, accidental, real occurrences.
WRT Goanet's part in encouraging urban myths and
legends, we administrators cannot and do not want to
check the veracity of every post.
All I ask is, please do not try to defend a post when it has been shown to be an urban myth.
Who among us would be permitted to post under those conditions?
It is very easy for any netter to find out if an email he/she received is a chain letter hoax or not. They can just do a simple search on the Snopes.com site.
Are you correct 100% of the time?
No.
Cheers,
Santosh
