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
>