yeah and at one time craig shergold really was in a hospital
yes, a hoax is lie. the original letter suggests that his words were written recently in the media and that our media is currently ignoring them. it plays on anti-liberal media sentiments and it plays on those wonderful sentiments about how freakin great the USAbully is and how underappreciated we are, so let's nuke the muthfuckas and run 'em outta town the furrin ingrates.
by definition of what counts as a hoax at snopes, that's it. barbara actually has a clear definition and term for the type of internet hoax it is bah.
perhaps i didn't post the link to his page--oh yes, it got cut off in my editing, but here is what i've already sent about 10 times to others today:
The contents of this email were voiced nearly thirty years ago by Gordon Sinclar, June 5, 1973 radio broadcast. http://sinclair.quarterman.org/sinclair/who/gordon.html
>http://www.snopes.com
>http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/
>http://www.urbanlegends.com/