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Subject: Re: Casting Apsersions -- Good or Bad?

Author: blass uri

Date: 14:15:15 06/29/99

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On June 28, 1999 at 17:32:52, Sarah Bird wrote:

>On June 28, 1999 at 16:54:05, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>But where is the content?  Even if the charges were fully true, where is the
>>benefit for the readers of the message?  Perhaps I say this because there is no
>>benefit for *me* personally to hear bad reports about other people.  I just want
>>to learn what they can teach me.  If someone got angry and said silly things, I
>>reall don't care about it.  Now I admit that others might.  In fact I am curious
>>about others viewpoint on this very matter [Do they want to hear it or not?].
>>
>>I see that sort of reporting as the equivalent of the "National Enquiror" or the
>>"Star" or 'Tabloid' type reporting.  It has no interest whatsoever to me, but I
>>see millions of them selling in the supermarket checkout line.  Maybe I am the
>>one who has it all backwards as far as the majority is concerned.  I'd rather
>>read "Scientific American" or "Awake" magazine than "People" or any of what I
>>call 'Yellow Journalism' publications.
>>
>>But what can I say.  My mother, who was college educated, subscribed to the
>>Enquirer for a time. :-(
>>
>>To each his tastes?
>
>This is not unlike the charges made against Dr. Hyatt by Sam Sloan on rgcc over
>a long period of time. Charges that he still persists with on his website.
>Fortunately Dr. Hyatt spoke out against what was said by Sam Sloan. This in my
>opinion is something we should wait for from Amir Ban, not judge and arbitrate,
>since it is something most of us were not involved in, and only those there or
>involved in the accusations can accurately comment.
>Sarah.
Amir Ban  also spoke out against what was said by vincent but all the thread was
deleted.

Uri



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