[Dialogue] 2009 Directory Prep

[RICHARD HOWIE]

Thanks Don for taking the time to F/U/
Ellen
On Oct 3, 2008, at 4:01 PM, Don Elliott wrote:

> 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
>
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> I have received thousands of emails and phone calls about the  
> Turtle Island account.
>
> I did NOT write that account, forward it under my name, or ask for  
> it to be widely distributed.
>
> 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.
>
> I regret the misinformation which is circulating, but it is not my  
> doing, and I protest the misuse of my name.
>
> 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.
>
> Snopes.com is investigating the account; current status  
> "undetermined."
>
> This is NOT an organized effort on the part of any political  
> candidate.
>
> I hope you will pass this information on to anyone interested in  
> this story.
>
> And finally, the story itself isn't necessarily false. But we'll  
> never know unless the author herself comes forward.
>
>   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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