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From: Larry Hatch <larryhat@jps.net> Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 20:34:43 -0800 Fwd Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 11:30:29 -0500 Subject: Re: Cancelled Press Conference/Paul Dore >From: Roger Evans <moviestuff@cyberjunkie.com> >Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 14:37:19 +0000 >To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net> >Subject: Cancelled Press Conference/Paul Dore >>From: Larry Hatch <larryhat@jps.net> >>Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 02:32:59 -0800 >>Fwd Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 09:10:34 -0500 >>Subject: Re: Cancelled Press Conference/Paul Dore >Previously, Brian Cuthbertson wrote: >>>As was noted by some perceptive soul in a previous post, ufology >>>has had to deal with such sideshows for years. I guess it was >>>just a matter of time until the SETI people were invited in too. >>>Welcome to the party, folks. >>>Onward thru the fog, >>>-Brian Cuthbertson >Larry Hatch responded: >>I have two questions only: >>1) Who pulled this 'seti' stunt? >>2) What were their motives? >Unfortunately, there isn't always a motive for things like this, >assuming this is a hoax. >Just take a drive through any city and look at the graffiti on >the walls of overpasses or the broken windows of run-down >housing. Even in "proper" neighborhoods, vandalism is a >continuous problem. Homes and automobiles are broken into and >trashed for no more reason than the apparent hell of it. Dear Roger: Your point is well taken - no argument, but even a captured "tagger" will admit he wanted to impress his "colleagues", most especially the big bully that used to be so important. >So is it really so unlikely that someone might create a hoax >with no real agenda other than to see if they could do it? No. Not unlikely at all, and I never suggested any organized agenda. I jut want to find out which person it was, and take things from there. If it is pimple-faced, Roger, that is the end of the trail. I did not mean to imply anything more than that. I have found a wonderful "general conspiracy" website for those who need it. You can fill in the blanks and pretty much "tailor" the great conspirac(y/ies) to suit ones own needs. Prices are fairly reasonable, much less than conventional religions. -LH >In a broader sense, to many, "motive" implies the moving force >behind a larger plan. Outside of government covert intervention, >we really give hoaxers far to much credit by even considering >such cowardly and lazy actions "motivated" in any sense of the >word. Real research is hard work and results are never >guaranteed. Scientific hoaxes are an insult to the men and women >that dedicate themselves to such research. They are patient >enough to wait for results; not to "short-cut" the process >through fraud. >When such fraud occurs, it is nothing more than vandalism of the >scientific neighborhood; useless people defacing things of value >out of frustration over a meaningless existence. >They don't need a reason and their faces are never seen. Amen. Their faces are seen, just briefly sometimes. I maintain that there is a reason, but it is so dull and predictable that "no reason at all" is not far off the mark! >Next week, they probably won't even remember what they trashed. > >Later, >Roger Evans Its nice agreeing with somebody once in a while. -LH
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