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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of lizard
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 7:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [ogf-d20-l] Rumors, get your Rumors!
<< I do not think anyone on these lists was creating/spreading rumours. I
think a lot of people, myself very much included, viewed the
announcement, and the phrasing, as very suspect, and wanted to get more
concrete facts and viewed the abscence of same as a 'bad thing'. >>
I respectfully disagree. I understand what you're saying; but the nature of
rumors is to spread and distort. The most innocent, well-intentioned
question or comment (which yours certainly was) becomes The Blob, growing
rapidly unrecgnizable. "My experience in corporate america makes me think
there's something going on" as Stage 1 becomes "Ryan Dancey has been fired!
The D20 STL is being pulled! WOTC is going to sue everyone!" at Stage N. You
intended to create no rumor; but it was a rumor seed, most assuredly.
In essence, your comment was a catalyst, which hastened an inevitable rumor
by maybe a day or so at most. I meant these rumors NOT as recrimination but
as an example of how Pandora's Box had already been opened.
Martin L. Shoemaker
Emerald Software, Inc. -- Custom Software and UML Training
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