Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA22251; Mon, 21 Aug 1995 12:32:22 -0700 Return-Path: <westes@usc.com-DeleteThis> Received: from netcomsv.netcom.com (uucp6.netcom.com) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP ($Revision: 1.36.108.11 $/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA271143594; Mon, 21 Aug 1995 12:33:14 -0700 Received: by netcomsv.netcom.com with UUCP (8.6.12/SMI-4.1) id MAA05882; Mon, 21 Aug 1995 12:13:24 -0700 Received: by usc.com (NX5.67d/NX3.0M) id AA25829; Mon, 21 Aug 95 11:33:01 -0700 From: Will Estes <westes@usc.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9508211833.AA25829@usc.com-DeleteThis> Subject: Re: fake news and the SFBA newsletter To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 11:33:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <199508211744.KAA28023@Breakaway.Stanford.EDU-DeleteThis> from "Jeff Hodges" at Aug 21, 95 10:51:04 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2064
'Jeff Hodges says:'
> perhaps option 1 should be reworded...
>
> "We are sorry. The article `Salt Ponds etc.' in our August newsletter was not
> published in the SJMN, as stated, but it was a product of the conceited
> imagination of Luigi Semenzato. We admit we blew it by reprinting an article
> without first checking its source, and we apologize to all our members, except
> in particular Luigi Semenzato who intentionally posted misleading, blatantly
> false information to wind_talk and falsely accredited it to the SJNM without
> their permission."
>
> ..but I think it is more Luigi who is owing apologies. Does the word
> "fraudulent" come to mind?
>
> Jeff
>
> fraud-u-lent \-lent\ adj
> (15c)
> :characterized by, based on, or done by fraud: DECEITFUL
I don't find any intent to deceive people in Luigi's original post.
He was trying to make a joke, the way he has done so many times in the
past, usually with amazing success. He is a very talented author and
a very funny guy.
I don't find Luigi's attempt to make a joke a conceited act. The intent
was to be creative and to give us all some enjoyment and humor.
Having said that, I too bought the original story hook, line, and
sinker. If I had to fault Luigi, it would be because he didn't leave
any clue in the original storyline that would have clearly identified
the story as fantasy.
SFBA made some mistakes, and they should just own up to them, without
blaming other people for those mistakes. Even if the story had been
true, it was not good style to quote it without checking its
authenticity. Luigi made some mistakes, and he should just own up to
them, without blaming SFBA for those mistakes.
The local windsurfing community is small enough, and laid-back enough,
that we should be able to just let this water pass under the bridge
and move on.
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Will Estes U.S. Computer
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