Sorry, I have to disagree with my peach tree lawyer friend. It is not better to 'pass along something'. All we learned from this is that it was a hoax. Panics, depressions [sorry, recessions] personal slander, and really bad jokes get going this way. There are circumstances in which a false warning is better than none [look out! a grenade! qualifies] but this isn't one, and most situations aren't, IMHO. Mike [Sacramento, not Fresno]
> From: "Horace K. Sawyer" <hksawyer@CATT.COM> > Reply-To: "Horace K. Sawyer" <hksawyer@CATT.COM> > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 14:29:28 -0400 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Nostradamus apology > > At 01:36 PM 9/13/01 -0400, Ken Hunter wrote: >> The dis-information was forwarded to me by a reliable friend. I did not >> check it before posting and feel very foolish. >> My apologies, >> Ken > > Don't worry about it, and you shouldn't feel foolish. Far better to pass > along *something* rather than nothing. Without that, we all would not have > learned from it. > > Thanks, > HK > |
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