Forwarded E-mails

I find it so interesting how many friends and relatives forward e-mails that are so full of misinformation, distortions and flat out lies. They pass them on because of course they must be true. They are on the Internet! Even when I take the time to check out the story on Snopes.com, they often refuse to accept the e-mail as false.

I wonder how many of these things keep getting cycled and recycled around the internet. Each time we get one of these a little part of our brain wants to believe it is true or might be true. If we are bombarded with a falsehood enough times and told it is true, we slowly start to believe it.

Hmmm…

There will be peace and prosperity in the world again. We will save the planet. We will respect the dignity of all mankind regardless of race, gender, religion, party affiliation or sexual orientation. We will join hands, liberal and conservative, roll up our sleeves and get to work to make things better. (pass it on to at least 10 people within 5 minutes of reading this and you will have unbelievable good luck.)

FOOD for THOUGHT...