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From: lexw@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Lex Wassenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: humanitarian request
Message-ID: <1046@idcapd.idca.tds.philips.nl>
Date: 19 Nov 90 13:25:29 GMT
References: <1990Nov17.044938.18053@uwasa.fi> <983@demott.COM>
Organization: Philips Information Systems, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
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In article <983@demott.COM> kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt) writes:
|In article <1990Nov17.044938.18053@uwasa.fi> ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:
|> Q: How should I react to "a dying boy's last wish"?
|>
|> A: Don't fall into these traps.
|...
|>   The best reaction to these postings is simply to ignore them.
|
|
|    I disagree.  The best reaction (if you feel the urge to post) is to
|investigate and determine if the item in question is valid.  I don't think
|many people would really object to send a postcard, or whatever, if the
|case was known to be legitimate.

And I disagree with this and do agree with Timo. These postings are often
done without the poster realizing what trouble it can give to the hospital
where the kid is supposed to be. Again, if lots of people send cards,
COMPLETE HOSPITALS CAN BE DISRUPTED!!  Really. This is no joke.

Please, please, please *don't* send cards!
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    / U |         Lex Wassenberg, Philips TDS, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
   /__ <                         lexw@idca.tds.philips.nl
  88  |_\         "Since nobody understands me, I speak only for myself."