[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 13:38:42 -0500 (EST) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>
>>Kathy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>
>>Hi Terry :)
>>
>>The best way anyone can handle this type of smear campaign is to come
>>back with the comment of "so what" to anyone who tries this. Perhaps
>>those who try to destroy people with this type of gossip will then
>see
>>they are pretty childish and immature to use this type of mud
>slinging,
>>and someone's sexual preference doesn't matter one bit to most
>people.
>>What does matter is how well they do their job.
>
>Inspiring thoughts, Kathy, but not always practical. A man was
>credited
>with possibly saving President Ford's life by jostling Squeaky Fromm
>who was
>trying to shoot Ford. Reporters discovered he was a homosexual. It
>came as
>a shock to his family - not to mention friends, neighbors and
>employer. It
>tore his life apart.
>
>The use of such information (rumormongers are not always terribly
>conscientious about spreading totally false rumors as people like Tom
>Foley
>and Barry Goldwater could tell you) can be devastating to lives. It
>is like
>the businesses that used to have rumormongers on their staff to let it
>be
>known a guy with leprosy was processing the food a competitor was
>selling.
>Best, Terry
>
I agree completely. And equally dangerous are those who state things as
fact when they haven't been proven. Hmm, I guess that's the same thing
as spreading rumors, isn't it?
Bill
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