I know it isn't the first time.
However, it will be the last.
I will not be forwarding any more e-mails, no matter how compelling they may
be.
Thanks to all of you who understand.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: something to remember
> 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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