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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!newstand.syr.edu!greeny
- From: greeny@top.cis.syr.edu (J. S. Greenfield)
- Subject: Re: Chain letters?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.154659.24235@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: Syracuse University, CIS Dept.
- References: <1992Dec12.154337.8191@eff.org> <1992Dec15.070135.13514@pegasus.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 15:46:59 EST
- Lines: 36
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- In article <1992Dec15.070135.13514@pegasus.com> tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan) writes:
- >
- >>If "chain letter" means any "letter written with an invitation to the
- >>recipient to pass it on to another", then letter in question might be
- >>a chain letter, but any rule that prohibits such chain letters to too
- >>broad.
- >
- >>Finally, the uncertainty in the meaning of the word "chain letter",
- >>means that the rule is too vague.
- >
- >Carl: It's going to be difficult to discuss this until we get a clear
- >definition of the terms "uncertainty" and "vague". Do you mean vague
- >in the sense of "vague" or simply "vague" ?
-
- Carl's making a serious point. I think you're just being silly...
-
-
- >Perhaps it requires a metallic chain to be enclosed to qualify under
- >somebody's definition... is this the one the you want to use ?
-
- How about if I email my resume to a friend saying, "Feel free to
- send a copy of my resume to anyone you know who may be interested."
-
- Is this a chain letter?
-
- How about one sayin, "Here's a good joke I just heard..."
-
-
- I believe this demonstrates the point that Carl was trying to make.
-
-
- --
- J. S. Greenfield greeny@top.cis.syr.edu
- (I like to put 'greeny' here,
- but my d*mn system wants a
- *real* name!) "What's the difference between an orange?"
-