Tom Zeliff
10-12-2001, 07:43 PM
I know that many people's nerves have been rattled with the ongoing war and fear of retaliation attacks. Rumors are flying around like wild fire spread by a nervous public. I am sure you or someone you know has recived one of the following emails:
Terrorists plan to attack malls on Halloween
Light a candle for a satelite photo
A Nostradamus prophecy about the fall of "two brothers" (meaning the World Trade Towers) predicts the imminent start of World War III.
A Canadian broadcaster gave an impassioned defense of the US and the media didn't cover it (because it was made in 1973)
and so on...
By blindly forwarding these emails to everyone you know you are creating spam, and in the case of the mall attack you are causing undue panic to spread. The next time you get something like that, think. If the Government really wanted to get a message out to everyone as quickly as possible would they randomly email a few people and ask them to email everyone they know?
Of course not.
Official press releases would be made and TV and Radio would carry the warnings around the clock. Far more people own a radio or a TV than do a computer with internet access.
If you are unsure of what has been sent to you, please go to this website which is doing a great job of tracking down the origins and debunking these email rumors as they spread: http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/rumors.htm
Do not give in to panic and spread false rumors around. Think a little and do a little research, or you are just helping the terrorists cause more panic and fear, and if that happens they accomplish thier goal. We fear that which we do not know or understand, and if you understand it and have knowlege to back you up you won't be afraid.
If you do get one of these emails again in the future email back to everyone it has been forwarded to and tell them the truth.
Thanks for reading.
-Tom
Terrorists plan to attack malls on Halloween
Light a candle for a satelite photo
A Nostradamus prophecy about the fall of "two brothers" (meaning the World Trade Towers) predicts the imminent start of World War III.
A Canadian broadcaster gave an impassioned defense of the US and the media didn't cover it (because it was made in 1973)
and so on...
By blindly forwarding these emails to everyone you know you are creating spam, and in the case of the mall attack you are causing undue panic to spread. The next time you get something like that, think. If the Government really wanted to get a message out to everyone as quickly as possible would they randomly email a few people and ask them to email everyone they know?
Of course not.
Official press releases would be made and TV and Radio would carry the warnings around the clock. Far more people own a radio or a TV than do a computer with internet access.
If you are unsure of what has been sent to you, please go to this website which is doing a great job of tracking down the origins and debunking these email rumors as they spread: http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/rumors.htm
Do not give in to panic and spread false rumors around. Think a little and do a little research, or you are just helping the terrorists cause more panic and fear, and if that happens they accomplish thier goal. We fear that which we do not know or understand, and if you understand it and have knowlege to back you up you won't be afraid.
If you do get one of these emails again in the future email back to everyone it has been forwarded to and tell them the truth.
Thanks for reading.
-Tom