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Re: Happiness



Richie Weiner recently choked up this nugget:

>I have a strong suggestion for everyone who pays gospel to info posted to
>this list... Don't. I've seen a LOT of misinformation posted (ie the above)
>and some of you are mistakenly relying on it. I can't say that I've ever
seen
>any "malicious" mistakes, but it really doesn't matter, does it? 
>
>In the future, to avoid such problems... do this:
>
>Spend a little time and effort and verify important information yourself.
The
>fact that you didn't leaves you with only yourself to blame... In
retrospect,
>would you rather have had the "right" tickets and a few long distant calls?
>Or, simply rely on someone else's faulty information???  
>
>Not only do you need to verify, but you need to REverify. I had most of this
>information several weeks ago, but I watched with "some" disbelief as to how
>this whole ticket thing was handled. It WAS handled poorly. Some of my close
>friends were told by some idiot yesterday, that ALL ticketmasters would
start
>selling tickets at 10:00AM. That wasn't true, it was 9:00AM. As for the
>person who posted 10:00AM to the list, did YOU bother to figure out what
TIME
>ZONE they lived in??? If that person lived in Chicago, to them it WAS
>10:00AM! Sometimes a little common sense goes a long way...
>
>So... that's that...
>
>Not to mention the 2nd stage and actors...  :(
>
>- -wf

Now, if he is so obsessed with verification of facts before posting, why
would he like to convince us INCORRECTLY that:  Kansas City '75 was a radio
broadcast, Orlando '82 was a radio broadcast, a Dallas '89 radio broadcast
was used on the 'Horton' boot or that the "Join Together" box includes a song
from Giants Stadium. 

Posting 10-20 times a day does not assure us that an individual is an
infallible source.  Pointing out the obvious and repeating what has already
been mentioned is one way of appearing informed, depending on the ignorance
and gullibility of others is another.

Is he pro-verify or anti-verify?  Didn't we just do this with censorship?

Doug "no-advice-on-what-you-should-do-with-your-own-life" Petteys