Saw it there too, Steve. Not the first occurence.
PatAt 11:20 AM 4/20/2008, you wrote:
>Pat,
>
>He just stupidly forwarded a message I think to every list in his address
>book. It was on the Optacon list too.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 11:06 PM
>Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: something to remember
>
>
>Anthony,
>What in hell does this have to do with ham radio?
>Pat, K9JAUAt 08:07 PM 4/19/2008, you wrote:
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Foster Schucker" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 8:51 PM
> >Subject: Re: Fw: something to remember
> >
> >
> > > The University of Kentucky said the following of this rumor in a 8
> > > November 2007 press release:
> > > The University of Kentucky has announced that a rumor, claiming
> > > the school has removed Holocaust material from its curriculum, is not
> > > true. The false claim has been circulated via e-mail.
> > >
> > > The Judaic Studies Program of the University of Kentucky, in
> > > conjunction with the College of Arts and Sciences Department of History,
> > > offers a course designated as History 323: The Holocaust.
> > >
> > > According to an explanation found on the investigative Web site
> > > Snopes.com, a message claiming that schools in the United Kingdom would
> > > no longer teach about the Holocaust in their history classes began to
> > > circulate via e-mail forwards dated back to April 2007. As the message
> > > wound its way across the Internet, someone took the abbreviation for the
> > > United Kingdom (UK) to stand for the University of Kentucky, and altered
> > > the message to implicate the institution. This version has been
> > > forwarded to several people and understandably raised concern among
> > > alumni, students and other friends of the University of Kentucky.
> > >
> > > -----
> > > Please forward this to all the people you sent the orginal message out.
> > >
> > > Just a reminder, before you send something that sounds really outrageous
> > > to other people, check snopes.com first.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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