Jan 17, 2010: Free Country

chrisinhouston · 01-17-2010, 09:45 AM

This is one of the more scary aspects of the power of the Internet. It's like shouting "Fire" from the balcony of a theater just to see what happens. I have a few relatives who constantly send me crappy hoax shit like this or how Obama is going to give Social Security benefits to illegal aliens or how Congress voted themselves a pay raise while cutting the amount in senior's SS checks. I used to try to respond with a link to the Snopes or other hoax website but now I just delete it and move on.

chrisinhouston · 01-17-2010, 09:48 AM

By the way, I forgot to mention that I know that area of Houston and it has a fairly large Muslim population, there is a big mosque on Harwin if I am not mistaken. And right next to this area is what Houstonians refer to as Chinatown because of the large Asian population. When I moved here in 1980 I lived and worked my first job not far from this area and it was totally white suburbia then.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-17-2010, 09:57 AM

I too, get those constantly, Chris. The most blatant/vicious, I still send back with Snope's-ish links, but like you say, nobody has time to fight them all.

01-17-2010, 09:57 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I too, get those constantly, Chris. The most blatant/vicious, I still send back with Snope's-ish links, but like you say, nobody has time to fight them all. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-17-2010, 09:45 AM	#1
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	This is one of the more scary aspects of the power of the Internet. It's like shouting "Fire" from the balcony of a theater just to see what happens. I have a few relatives who constantly send me crappy hoax shit like this or how Obama is going to give Social Security benefits to illegal aliens or how Congress voted themselves a pay raise while cutting the amount in senior's SS checks. I used to try to respond with a link to the Snopes or other hoax website but now I just delete it and move on.

01-17-2010, 09:48 AM	#2
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	By the way, I forgot to mention that I know that area of Houston and it has a fairly large Muslim population, there is a big mosque on Harwin if I am not mistaken. And right next to this area is what Houstonians refer to as Chinatown because of the large Asian population. When I moved here in 1980 I lived and worked my first job not far from this area and it was totally white suburbia then.

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