Re: [Goanet] Guardians of truth?

2005-06-19 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Joe Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Unless of course, if one does not know what to do >with the spare time and energy, and so one enjoys >scrutinizing every such story. The point is: Use >the lesson in the story, if there is one in it. Why >not respect that readers are intelligent enough t

RE: [GOANET] GUARDIANS OF TRUTH?

2005-06-20 Thread Joe Vaz
From: Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santosh Helek

RE: [GOANET] GUARDIANS OF TRUTH?

2005-06-20 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Joe Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >It appears to me that the author of the above >statement is NOT practicing what he is preaching -- >i.e. Chain letters in any form shouldn’t be >circulated! Then why cc a whole bunch of people who >are already members of Goanet? > The author of the abov

RE: [GOANET] GUARDIANS OF TRUTH?

2005-06-20 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Joe Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It appears to me that the author of the above > statement is NOT practicing > what he is preaching -- i.e. Chain letters in any > form shouldn’t be circulated! Joe, It's clear that you do not know what a chain letter is :-( Mervyn3.0 __

Re: [Goanet] Guardians of truth?

2005-06-20 Thread Cecil Pinto
Dear Santosh, Whenever I receive an e-mail that is an obvious hoax I do some instant Net Research and send the results back to the sender with instructions to send the 'true' story to all the others who they sent the hoax out to, as well as to the person who sent the hoax to them. If there is

RE: [GOANET] GUARDIANS OF TRUTH?

2005-06-20 Thread Joe Vaz
Santosh Helekar writes: The author of the above email, quite predictably, fails to understand the meaning of chain letters. Hi Santosh, You are wrong again in your prediction! This author is abundantly aware of the meaning of chain letters. You, however, are missing the essence of th

Re: [Goanet] Guardians of truth?

2005-06-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Santosh, Thanks for cc.ing me with this message as I have opted for the digest form of GoaNet messages which makes for cumbersome replying to threads. The reason for going with the digest format is exactly the reason we are discussing this... the abysmal ratio of content to fluff on GoaNet which

Re: [Goanet] Guardians of truth?

2005-06-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry for the exaggeration here I really enjoy most of the posts but we could do better don't you think? Let's all try to be more considerate before hitting the "Post" button realizing that we are reaching several thousand readers with that message... starting with me :-O Kevin Saldanha Miss

RE: [GOANET] GUARDIANS OF TRUTH?

2005-06-21 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Joe Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >You labeled Cynthia’s post as “chain letter” –- but by >the same token (definition) you don’t realize that >your post also falls in the chain letter category. > Hey Joe, You are wrong! I labeled Cynthia's copied and pasted material as an urban legend, no

RE: [GOANET] GUARDIANS OF TRUTH?

2005-06-21 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Joe Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > “Chain letter: a letter sent to several persons with > a request that each send copies of the letter to an > equal number of persons.” > - > > Now, please examine Cynthia’s post, and show me how > it meets the above definition, i.e. where she has > re

RE: [GOANET] GUARDIANS OF TRUTH?

2005-06-21 Thread Joe Vaz
Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I cced that email to some people with whom I was discussing the issue of urban legends, when your post arrived in my trash box. Santosh, you don’t cease to amuse me. You say, you read my mail from the trash box? Is this some kind of stand-up comedy

RE: [GOANET] GUARDIANS OF TRUTH?

2005-06-22 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- Joe Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Ok, Santosh you did not label Cynthia’s post as >chain LETTER but alluded it to be a chain EMAIL? It >is hard to make the system lie – and one cannot >hide no matter how hard one may try … saying I did >NOT say that. > Hi Joe, You are right again! You