Sunday, November 11, 2007

AHHHHH

Sorry about dominating the blog but I need to vent before I reply to my aunt who forwarded me an awful email. It is too long to cut and paste here so I will give you a link to snopes.com that debunked the email. http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/allah.asp. If you don't use it, I highly recommend the website.

Either way I am horrified that my aunt sent me the email which is filled with fear, hate and intolerance. I am waiting a few days before I reply. On one hand I think, why reply since I am not going to change her and her view points, on the other hand my silence implies that I agree with these emails that she forwards. In the past she has sent me political or religious emails that I disagree with but this is by far the worst.

2 comments:

Animal said...

These kinds of emails always seem to make the rounds of people who desperately want/need to believe in their content...usually to shore up their own shoddy belief system. They're garbage, but I agree that you shouldn't stay silent, perhaps ESPECIALLY with someone whose views you're unlikely to change. It's not about the change: it's about reminding people that there IS another viewpoint, one that's equally valid. Go get 'er!

sdb said...

Strangela, I can relate TOTALLY! I have an aunt who sends these things a lot. Now my cousin is starting to send them. I always explain what snopes is, direct them to the link at snopes and then tell them to get their facts straight. I am also very tempted to reply-all, but I never do that. That seems a bit too vindictive.

FYI, my favorite one was this one about Target:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/target.asp

Or a runner-up about Microsoft:
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/microsoft-aol.asp