12 September 01
I got a patriotic email today. I could put the full text here, but it’d probably take away from my point. If you want to read that email, the whole thing is available here.
Or here.
Or here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, or here.
(From that last link: “My thanks to Gordon Sinclair for his powerful and thoght pervocking words.”)
Anyway, I did a little research, found out that 59 american communities did not get hit by tornadoes. I also found out the guy who wrote that thing died. Seventeen years ago. I have a feeling I’ll be getting this thing in the mail from people who think this was written very recently, and maybe this way, I’ll be able to prevent a fraction of those from reaching me. If you want the real text - it’s available here. Also a real audio clip here. Try reading it - you’ll feel really patriotic that the United States just PULLED ITS TROOPS OUT OF VIETNAM.
I’m not anti-patriotic or anything, I’m just bugged that thousands of people think Gordon Sinclair wrote that pro-American stuff about tuesday’s events. And that some jackass knew he’d be starting another one of these urban legend things. Feeling patriotic is good, but don’t do it if it’s only because somebody emailed you the reworded and cropped version of something written twenty or thirty years ago.