kate grinde
Dale Goble wrote:
>
> there is a difference between posting a message that says: "i heard that x
> happened. does anyone know if it is true." and posting a message that
> says: "why hasn't the newspaper written anything about x?"
>
> the latter is an accusatory and conspiracy-based statement: obviously x
> happened and there is a conspiracy to keep it from the public. the nice
> thing about conspiracies, of course, is that denials are meaningless.
> obviously the chief of the MPD is part of the conspiracy just as is the
> editor of the newspaper, etc. etc.
>
> people who choose to post rumors without either identifying the
> "information" as rumor or taking even minimal steps to check the veracity
> of the "information" posted deserve to be called to task for poisoning the
> trust necessary for communication.
>
> dale goble
>