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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.12 No. 6 (06-Feb-1995)
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| A newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet BBS community | "FidoNews" BBS |
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| /|oo \ | Small animal psychology and |
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| _`@/_ \ _ | Rev. Richard Visage 1:163/409 |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Editor: |
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| |__U__| / \// | Donald Tees 1:221/192 |
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| _//|| _\ / | Sylvia Maxwell 1:221/194 |
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| (_/(_|(____/ | Tim |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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| Don -- don@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca |
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| Max -- max@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca |
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| Tim Pozar -- pozar@kumr.lns.com |
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| David Deitch -- 1:133/411.411, deitch@gisatl.fidonet.org |
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Table of Contents
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1. Editorial..................................................... 1
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2. Articles...................................................... 2
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Dear Reverend Visage,....................................... 2
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The need for free fax services.............................. 4
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False Memory Syndrome on the Backbone....................... 5
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Dear Flesh,................................................. 6
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3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 7
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Editorial
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FidoNews 12-06 Page: 2 06 Feb 1995
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There are not very many articles in this week, but I am
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pleased to see that Doc Logger is back with a missive to the
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Reverand Visage. He is in fine fettle, as well, taking swipes
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at all and sundry (even us), but I will get back to that.
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It is interesting to note that the REG12 sysop echo has been
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quite rational lately. Funny, or maybe it makes complete sense,
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but the echo is almost entirely free of flames for the first
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time in living memory. At issue is the granting of a node
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number to the heritage front. For those that do not know, the
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heritage front is a canadian neo-natzi organization that
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preaches against the existance of second world war concentration
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camps and the atrocities associated with them.
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That is an issue almost gauranteed to inflame passion, yet
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the disscussion has been as civilized as is possible. The two
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main viewpoints, revulsion at having any association whatsoever
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with helping to spread lies, as seen by the one side, and
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revulsion at denying a nodenumber and freedom of expression,
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therefore sweeping it under the carpet and ignoring it, as seen
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by the other.
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Perhaps having to deal with a real decision, one that is
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important, has made us all a bit more reasonable. Interesting
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though.
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Now, Charles, back to the issue of fidogods. I will grant
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you that no politician should be allowed to feed the cat without
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watching to see if they snitch the cat food, but there is also a
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fair amount of work running this damned organization. And that
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work does get done every week. My sole point is that maybe the
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people that do the work should at least be allowed a few
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mistakes without getting taken apart. Besides, if we are
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going to continue to suck the newcomers into doing all the
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work, we have to expect a few mistakes. Maybe we can make them
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so miserable that they only do it once ... is that the idea?
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Articles
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Dear Editor-beings,
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Please indicate that the following article was submitted by
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Charles Herriot (1:163/110) who has just returned from a
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world-wide search for Chia seeds to repopulate his house
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full of Chia pets. The search was unsucessful. Roll 'da
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flick, Sylvia...
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Swamp Swine Magazine,
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Shuckmagosh, Ohio
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Dear Reverend Visage,
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You must excuse my tardiness. It has been several weeks
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since I have written but much has happened in my absence. It
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FidoNews 12-06 Page: 3 06 Feb 1995
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seems that our not so beloved RC12, Rick "Weekend With
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Bernie" Johnston has been inflated sufficiently to move his
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appendages across the keyboard to call an election. Rick has
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promised to follow the trail made by the Dodos and run again
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on his record. Our prayers and our edible underwear should
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go out to him in his final flameout. Tony "GMD Posterchild"
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Bearman has been appointed as the Returning Officer. Tony
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will be so pleased to discover that Rick "Keyboard Virtuoso"
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Johnston has placed the nodelist entry as "1:21/21."
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In other news, Bob "Bob" Satti has appointed an "assistant
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ZC." This is heartening news since now one of them can
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listen while the other presses the Speak 'N Spell buttons.
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There is much promise that together they will be able to
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master the subtleties of English comprehension.
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Speaking of Fidogods, our Region still waits with breathless
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anticipation for George Peace to render something that
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passes for a decision on the matter of Stein vs. Kolin. I
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shall sacrifice appropriate numbers of hamsters in gratitude
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for the quick thinkers that seem to populate the Fidonet
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stratosphere.
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I noted that the esteemed editor-beings of this organ, or at
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least one of them, opined that there is altogether too much
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bad press granted to Fidogods. Perhaps I am mistaken, but
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the problem with Fidogods may have something to do with the
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fact that they achieve the zenith of their managerial
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careers in Fidonet and run amok flexing their first grasp of
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power. We should probably subsidize a research clinic in
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Borneo to study the "Fidogod Disease" that seems to plague
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even the lower life forms once they get elected.
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Where has Dallas Hinton gone? I fully expected to see a
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flood or Snooz articles from him with the kind of uplifting
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messages that he so clearly desires. Hell, I even nailed a
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plastic Jesus night-lite to my monitor in expectations that
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his revelations would light up the southern skies. This
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probably has nothing to do with the fact that it is 45
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degrees C. below zero outside and the snowdrifts have
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covered the house, but I am reminded of Emperor Penguins. It
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seems that Emperor Penguins lay their eggs in the dead of
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winter when the Antarctic sun never rises above the horizon.
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The eggs are incubated by resting them on the feet of the
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penguins and then dropping a flap of skin around them. If
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they lose their egg, they will often substitute rocks or
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lumps of snow and happily incubate the inanimate object.
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This is where this theme leads back to Dallas. Is it
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possible, do you suppose, that Dallas has been captured by
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GIANT Emperor penguins which even now...are sitting on his
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face until spring? The mind boggles.
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Senator Sonny Bono. Go ahead, say that without snickering.
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What with the Righteous Newt leading the charge, who says
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that all the fun went out of American politics? Just think
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FidoNews 12-06 Page: 4 06 Feb 1995
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of the fun Nixon could have had were he ever granted a
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Republican majority in the legislatures. Mercifully, we are
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treated daily to a display of egalitarian justice where, for
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just three or four million dollars in legal fees, you can
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obtain the same measure of justice as any other person
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accused of a crime. Call me a reactionary, Visage, but it
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would delight me to no end if the jury returned a "not
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guilty" verdict with respect to O.J., but found that all the
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lawyers should be sent to Folsom Prison for the remainder of
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their days.
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I must go Visage, your secretary has an alarming amount of
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office implements pointed at tender parts of my anatomy. Her
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current distemper probably has nothing at all to do with the
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fact that I spent her paycheque on Mexican Peso futures. As
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a good and decent gesture, I think that we should send her
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to Kobe.
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Regards,
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Doc Logger,
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Giant Clam Rancher,
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Fulaga, South Pacific
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The need for free fax services for telecommunications compliants
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Andrew Freeman
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Canberra ACT Australia
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3:620/243
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I have recently been in touch with Telstra (the major provider of
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telephone services in Australia) about the need for them to have
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more 1 800 (no fee) fax numbers for such things as service
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difficulties, and customer complaints. I am particularly
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interested in such a service in relation to service difficulties
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because it gives one the opportunity to provide a screen save of
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problems at no cost to the sender. I have had a less than
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enthusiastic response from Telstra in relation to this idea (they
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tell me they rarely get voice complaints from BBS users, and
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almost never faxes). I am currently lobbying the Chairperson of
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the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman's (TIO) office on this
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matter, together with a consumer representative on the Council of
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the TIO, in an effort to get them to approach the CEO of Telstra
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to encourage him to take action on this matter. I would be
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interested in the approaches adopted in other countries to the
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issue of free fax telephone line provision in all customer
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service areas by other telecommunications providers, and any
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experiences of other BBS users in lobbying such providers for
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such a service.
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FidoNews 12-06 Page: 5 06 Feb 1995
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False Memory Syndrome on the Backbone
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by David Bloomberg, 1:2430/1
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FMS: The False Memory Syndrome Echo
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A little while ago, I wrote here to tell everybody about the
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existence of the False Memory Syndrome (FMS) echo. Shortly after
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that, the FMS echo went on the backbone.
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As I wrote then, a number of claims stem from recovery of
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"repressed memories." These claims range from years of incest
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forgotten by the victim, satanic conspiracies pervading the
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country, and alien beings kidnapping people from their beds for
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strange sexual experiments.
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There are therapists across the country who will tell you that
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they can help "recover" these memories. Numerous books on the
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subject have been written, both pro and con. Some of these books
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encourage people to beieve that they've been abused, even
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if there is no indication that any such thing ever happened. New
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books are coming out saying that these other books are full of
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baloney, and that recovered memories are false memories. Yet other
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books are saying that claims of false memories are the baloney, and
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that recovered memories are real. So who is right?
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There are other echos on FidoNet which deal with some of these
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claims specifically. UFO, I_UFO, and BAMA deal with claims of alien
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abductions, among others, and allow varying degrees of debate on the
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subject, but they don't address all of the aspects of this phenomena.
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There are numerous "survivor" echos, but none allow any form of
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debate (to my knowledge), only "support" without "invalidating". In
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fact, the CHILD_ABUSE echo, I have just learned, has the following
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statement as part of its rules:
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"[The CHILD_ABUSE echo] is NOT a forum for FMS, or anything else
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that denies the existance of child abuse."
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Unfortunately, the premise of this statement is simply untrue.
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No rational person "denies the existence of child abuse."
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Myths such as this one were one of the reasons the FMS echo was
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created. Proponents of both "sides" of the debate are welcome. Only
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through discussion can there be understanding. While it isn't
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necessarily likely that agreement on an issue currently tearing apart
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the psychological community can be reached on a FidoNet echo, at
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least we can attempt to do away with the myths such as this one.
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Here is the EchoList description of the FMS echo:
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This echo is for the discussion of False Memory Syndrome
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(FMS) and related topics, including those phenomena thought
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to be caused by FMS. All viewpoints are welcome, both pro
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and con, but don't be surprised if you are asked to back up
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your claims with evidence. The implications of FMS, as well
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as the evidence, are on-topic.
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FidoNews 12-06 Page: 6 06 Feb 1995
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As I said, ALL viewpoints are welcome on the echo. Please don't
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assume that the echo tag of "FMS" means only the pro-FMS view is
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allowed. This is a subject which needs to be critically and
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rationally examined; there are already too many baseless claims
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flying around.
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People are being hurt by the "recovered" memories. Not only the
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parents and others who are accused, but also the patients. If the
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memories are untrue, their lives are being ruined. If the memories
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are true, we have a veritable epidemic on our hands and we have to
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do something about it.
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For a copy of the rules, FReq FMS.RUL from 2430/1. You might also
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want to FReq FILES for my filelist, which includes over 125 files
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related to FMS, many of which have been distributed on the FMS echo.
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For the entire file set, FReq FMS, but be ready for an increase in
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your long distance bill!
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If you'd like more information, please feel free to contact me!
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Dear Flesh,
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Madam Emilia didn't know there was a flood in California until
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someone told her.
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IV GOT seven thin and fine volumes on the desk. One of them, the
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current Bible, is smooth and green. There're the words BERTRAND
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LACHANCE line line space STREET FLESH in the colour of wrappers on
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sour apple flavoured candy, then haze and a rubbly city-scape then
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horses grazing on a collage of grasses of different resolutions.
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The collage looks like stuff done with images and computers except
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it was printed in73. The writing inside is in a funny language,
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made of english, and the common letter combinations are
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replaced by fewer letters, so "you" is yu and "the" is th.
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.Easy to read. What came first, ascii compression or concrete poetry?
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.that question of images and computers. The December cover
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of Wired was all white, sitting on the shelf beside sensually
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colored Mondo, and there were dots embossed on it that looked to me
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like braille. I don't know how to read braille. Around the same
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time and Newsweek were covered with pictures of OJ, the same
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pictures differently rendering. How does one correctly render
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images? Is it fair to do so at all?
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I had seen the cover of STREET FLESH a couple of years ago without
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noticing that it is a collage rather than one photograph. Would
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Jack Schadbolt's war reportage have been more true if he had used a
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camera instead of charcoal?
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i become enchanted by the words "rights activism", to the point of
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forgetting that doing about what i believe is more important than
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talking about it. i guess. But i'm affected by what poeple say.
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FidoNews 12-06 Page: 7 06 Feb 1995
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Why do written messages sound different when read in differently
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laid out editors? Black and white is most stark and clear. Green
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backgrounds are calming and ennervating. Primary colours on a
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screen are sobering. I was very inmpressed by a book i saw for a
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few minutes last week because of the way it was laid out. The title
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was something about architecture.
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Why do there seem to be fewer and fewer cash machines around? They
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are in supermarkets but not in corner stores where they used
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to be.
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Sometimes official lines are well and brightly done, so that i buy
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them. i even pay for them.
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Don -- 1:221/192, don@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
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FidoNews 12-06 Page: 8 06 Feb 1995
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-Jeorge Luis Borges, from "Partial Magic in the Quixote"
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