On Oct 2, 2005, at 22:42, Martha Krieg wrote:
there is a standard for this list, isn't there, that we don't pass on material like this without checking it?
There *is* such a rule :) And it would be nice if it were extended to personal behaviour, too. But, like you say, it's probably useless to ask people to obey it; when they see something that scares them rigid, all they want to do is warn their friends of the danger... Especially if it's "sold" to them with a "name brand" (a TV personality, a "friend of a friend", etc). Not being able to trust what people (friends or officials) say is a very uncomfortable position to be in and checking up on them is not something that comes to one's mind first...
Me, I got so hard-assed about all the e-warnings (also about the e-schmaltz) that I "read, evaluate and zap" every such mailing, without *ever* forwarding it (unless I think it's amusing, of course <g>). Goes double for all the mailings which *ask* me to forward... :)
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