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From: ethanol@ucscc.UCSC.EDU (Evan A.C. Hunt)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Help Fulfill a dream!
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Date: 31 Mar 88 04:02:34 GMT
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In article <8803301340.AA03573@work1.icase> csrobe%icase.arpa@BUITA.BU.EDU (Charles S. Roberson) writes:
>     
>  David is a 7 year old boy who is dying from cancer.
>  Before he does, he has a dream of one day being in the Guiness Book of
>  Records for the person who has had the most postcards sent to him.

	This really isn't very relevant to this newsgroup/mailing list,
and I'm sorry for continuing the topic, but I feel that I should warn
people--this request for postcards is almost certainly bogus.  I've
seen this item at least seven times over the last three years.  It's always
exactly the same; the details never vary.  "David" has been a 7-year-old
boy dying of cancer for at least three years and possibly much longer.
Furthermore, I recall reading on the net that there's no such person 
at the address given, though I confess I don't recall the exact details of
that article.
	Anyway, it's a sham, and you can spend your money on postage
if you want to, but I wouldn't.


	Evan A.C. Hunt			ethanol@ucscc.ucsc.edu