Tantric Verses
01-11-2004, 12:07
Too bad they're not running for any office. I got an E-mail the other day from a very religious, conservative Aunt in NY. She was forwarding me a copy of the old 'Ray Reynolds e-mail from Iraq' that painted an obvious partisan and factually inaccurate picture of progress in rebuilding Iraq. I shrugged and hit the delete button, I've read it, and the proof of it's inaccuracies (months)before and it was the sort of thing I know is kept alive via the internet, being circulated among the 'true believers' to counteract the negative press from Iraq.
Then much to my suprise, I recieved not one but two e-mails from this same Aunt the next day, first saying she had heard that the e-mail was in fact questionable and giving a couple of sites she had been shown that disputed the the 'facts' listed in the old e-mail she forwarded, and the second apologizing for sending out such an e-mail without checking the facts. I had to call her and tell her not to worry about it, these things happen, no harm, no foul.
If only our elected officials were as quick to admit when they've made a mistake and acknowlege factual inaccuracies. I gotta remember to send my Aunt something special this Xmas.
Then much to my suprise, I recieved not one but two e-mails from this same Aunt the next day, first saying she had heard that the e-mail was in fact questionable and giving a couple of sites she had been shown that disputed the the 'facts' listed in the old e-mail she forwarded, and the second apologizing for sending out such an e-mail without checking the facts. I had to call her and tell her not to worry about it, these things happen, no harm, no foul.
If only our elected officials were as quick to admit when they've made a mistake and acknowlege factual inaccuracies. I gotta remember to send my Aunt something special this Xmas.