At 10:58 12/04/1999 , you wrote:
 >>I know that this is not *evidence* -- however, in my experience, strong,
 >>closely held talk like this in professional fraternities almost invariably
 >>has some degree of substance to it.
 >
 >    This and other self-serving conspiracy theories have been floating around
 >for years, and "professional fraternities" is just another name for
 >crendentialed gossips.  When there is even a scintilla of evidence, put it on
 >the table.

Sorry about the late response -- was away for a while.

For years there have also been rumours about ECHELON. And take a look at this :

http://www.aclu.org/echelonwatch/index.html

This is just to point out that both malice/hatred *and* reality-based
concerns can generate rumours. I made my earlier post about the AIDS
rumours since I'm pretty sure it belongs to the latter category.

If you don't buy that, fine. But please don't make silly responses assuming
that I or others are unable to distinguish between them as you are.

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