Re: [UC] Fwd: Fw: Fw: cell phones--yes urban myth

[Alan Kraus]

When did that become your point?  :-) 

I thought it was my point--let's try to verify before we send it out and then there is no issue.

 

Alan 

Brian Siano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Alan Kraus wrote:

> Brian:
> Thanks for clarifying. Perhaps Boy Who Cried Wolf isn't exactly
> accurate. My point is that if first the Boy Cries Wolf, then the Boy
> Cries Hyena, then the Boy Cries Lion, then Boy Cries Gorilla, then
> when the Boy Cries Rabid Dog, and there is a rabid dog, nobody will
> listen. If one keeps getting hundreds of Urban Legends, how will one
> know when there is a truthful one? They are more likely to delete it
> and not take it seriously. I was not commenting that the particular
> Urban Legend mentioned in that particular email was dangerous.
>
> Is there a fable that more accurately describes the scenario I have
> depicted rather than the Boy Who Cried Wolf?

No, the scenario you described is "the boy who cried wolf" to a T. I
don't think it's the most _likely_ scenario, nor is it the one we ought
to worry about.

You're saying, basically, that when people are lied to a lot, they're
less likely to believe truths when they come along. That may be true.
But, by the same logic, they're also less likely to believe _lies_ when
they come along. Of course, both of these require that the lies be
exposed, so that people will know when they've been lied to. This more
or less goes back to my point about verification being the goal in and
of itself.



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