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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 23:12:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: ting@monkeybiz.Stanford.EDU
Message-Id: <200109140612.XAA07857@monkeybiz.Stanford.EDU>
To: pals@funfolks.net
Subject: Re: Nostradamus' prediction
Cc: lisasliu@yahoo.com

Sorry for forwarding that.  I think that was an evil
hoax.

Here's the real scoop (thanks very much for setting
me straight, Sean!)  If I have to choose between 
CNET and some folkie from the 16th century, I vote
for CNET!

----- Original Message -----
From: "CNET Digital Dispatch
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To: <starbock@earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 9:54 PM
Subject: Beware hoaxes that prey on our fears

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> ________________________________________________________________________
> CNET | Digital Dispatch
> Beware hoaxes that prey on our fears
> September 13, 2001
> Vol. 7, No. 37
>
>
> Words fail us at times like this. They can mislead us as well. In
> the wake of Tuesday's tragedy, I received a few copies of a
> horrific piece of e-mail: a verse attributed to 16th century
> prophet Nostradamus. The eight lines seem to predict the World
> Trade Center attack and the subsequent start of World War III. If
> you've received this e-mail, please don't forward it: it's a
> malicious hoax. Some of the words do indeed come from Nostradamus
> (though they've been spliced, diced, and rearranged to form a
> coherent prediction). But the most worrisome specifics--lines
> such as "In the city of York there will be a great collapse, two
> twin brothers torn apart by chaos" and "The third big war will
> begin when the big city is burning"--are fabricated whole cloth.
> Shame on those who would spend their energies spreading fear
> while we're all so vulnerable.
>
> --Steve Fox, editor in chief, CNET.com
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