Hoax, variation; see also: snopes.com (Re: CNN images are fake?)

[Jeffrey Fisher]

>> 
>> the smiley faces are particularly effective. i wish this opinion were not
>> representative.
> 
> oh, well, join those lists that have been set up to discuss the event. i
> can't keep up but occ. something catches my eye. One guy called for Florida
> to be nuked. There are some nutters out there, but then USENET and AOHELL
> chatrooms are like that everyday.

yep. i've been seeing the worst stuff. i can't take it, much less keep up.
one of the good things abot the nightline report last night was that they
read some really vicious stuff on the air -- and they were suitably aghast
at it. koppel asked the reporter how representative that stuff was and the
reporter called it "the tip of the iceberg."


> 
>> i presume you've all by now seen the "transcript" from
>> canada about how wonderful america is (kelley--i'd be curious about this as
>> a possible hoax. curious if anyone knows. i'll take a look into it.). it's
>> all about how america and americans are the most underappreciated
>> country/people in the world.
> 
> 
> fookinaaaayyyyy yes it is. granted, i've been guilty of not checkin'
> sources, but....
> 
> <paste>
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i've been unable to get into snopes, this morning, and search at
urbanlegends doesn't seem to work.

i did find this, however:
http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/Our_Culture/americans_story.htm

elaborate hoaxing, if that's what it is.

more to come.
j