Anatomy of a Political SPAM Attack

» H2O - There were e-mails during the Clinton years. too.

The one I remember getting was this list of former Clinton associates who are now dead and that they died "mysteriously," i.e., Ron Brown's body, when it was found in the plane wreckage, allegedly had a bullet hole to the head. Of course, common sense should tell someone to be wary of that e-mail. I'll bet you could link any person to their dearly departed and make a "claim" of a conspiracy. But to have something as visible and as public as a plane crash to get rid of somebody? Or a suicide in a park?

I had a teacher in grade school that admonished us to believe only half of what we read and none of what we hear (but she said we should read our Bibles and go to church and believe everything there ). I wonder if the reading percentage now goes down with e-mail and internet...

John

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» kenrg - Very True

Yep. I remember the Ron Brown and Vince Foster (etc.) murder theories. Sure; these emails (and many of the blogs) are just a new, quicker, more efficient means of spreading rumors than the old water cooler method. Doesn't make them any more accurate or prone to the truth.

Thanks for your post,

- Ken

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