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From: north@manta.NOSC.MIL (Mark H. North)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: humanitarian request
Message-ID: <1381@manta.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 10 Nov 90 22:18:32 GMT
References: <26678.273c16eb@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Reply-To: north@manta.nosc.mil.UUCP (Mark H. North)
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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In article <26678.273c16eb@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> petrino@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>Dear NetFolks,
>
>We would appreciate your responding to the request of Craig Shergold who
>is a seven year old boy with an inoperable tumor on his brain.
>

Petrino, where the hell have you been all your life? This kid is already
in the Guinness Book of World Records -- look it up.

>
>Letters similar to this have been sent out by traditional mail to large
>organizations all across the U.S. on Craigs behalf. Instead of passing
>it on by land-mail, I thought the net would be a great way of getting 
>the word out to as many people as possible in as short a time as possible.
>
>Please pitch-in & send Craig a get well card, and by all means feel free
>to circulate this letter to local businesses/organizations, or other
>BBS's you may belong to. All your help and effort will certainly be 
>appreciated! Thank you.
>
DON'T DO THIS. The kid himself said he doesn't want to see another
goddamn postcard as long as he lives. Which may be quite a while since
last I heard he was in remission and Ok. Petrino get a clue -- if you're
not a regular on the net don't post something like this until you know
what's going on. If I see this post on another newsgroup I swear I'll fill
your mailbox so full of junk your fingers will rot off trying to hit 'n'
fast enough.


Idjit.






Mark