a good deed of the week

[Henry M]

Does anyone who has been on the net for a while believe this any more 
than any other chain letter? Am I an evil product of my generation 
for suggesting that it is a hoax?

On 25 Nov 96 at 23:29, Vaska wrote:

> Date:          Mon, 25 Nov 1996 23:29:10 -0400
> To:            pynchon-l at waste.org
> From:          Vaska <vaska at geocities.com>
> Subject:       a good deed of the week

> Hope nobody will mind this terribly much: I'm forwarding a message
> just received from the frankfurt-school-l calling for a fairly
> painless good deed of the week.  With all this talk about prejudice,
> etc., it seems somehow appropriate to disseminate it among us as
> well.  Not to mention that it's reminiscent in its spirit of some of
> the ideas in Pynchon's  1960s article on the Watts.  
> 
> "In a message dated 96-11-14 09:37:03 EST, jclemons at MIT.EDU (J C)
> writes:
> 
> Hi, There are 3 ninth grade African-American Washington D.C. boys
> who entered a contest on the internet.  If they get the most people
> to visit their homepage they will all win college scholarships. 
> Please forward this message to everyone that you know. And don't
> forget to visit their homepage at http://tqd.advanced.org/2667.  It
> really is a wonderful website on Black History and Stamps that
> depict favorite Blacks who made their historical presence [felt] ...
>  If you have access to the internet please visit."
> 
> Vaska
> 
> 
> 

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