[Dialogue] 2009 Directory Prep

[Don Elliott]

ICA dialogue,

I took the time to check out the letter that one of you posted on this dialogue, (I think it was my good friend Wiegel)?and received?the following?reply.? I think "schadenfreude"?may be?term that describes ones motivation for passing this sort of thing along.? Disseminating such spurious "information" discredits this list serve and the organization.

Don Elliott





I have received thousands of emails and phone calls about the Turtle Island account.?
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I did NOT write that account, forward it under my name, or ask for it to be widely distributed.?
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I have never been to Turtle Island (which costs $2000/day), have never met Senator McCain, was a classics major, not an English Literature major, and never eat pancakes.?
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I regret the misinformation which is circulating, but it is not my doing, and I protest the misuse of my name.?
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How I think this happened: on 16 September I received this account 3rd-hand and forwarded it, with full email trail information and the name of the purported author (whom I don't know), to several friends with whom I discuss politics. It was further forwarded, and at some point the trail was deleted and I was misidentified as the author. I suspect whoever did this thought that my name and contact information would make the story more credible.?
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Snopes.com is investigating the account; current status "undetermined."?
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This is NOT an organized effort on the part of any political candidate.?
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I hope you will pass this information on to anyone interested in this story.?
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And finally, the story itself isn't necessarily false. But we'll never know unless the author herself comes forward.?
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? MKG?
-- Mary-Kay Gamel?
Professor of Classics, Comparative Literature, and Theater Arts?
Cowell College?
University of California, Santa Cruz?
Santa Cruz, California 95064?
831-459-2381 (office); 831-429-8803 (home)?
mkgamel at ucsc.edu

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