A concerned citizen wrote to ABC and expressed his concern for the situation as well as irritation that homosexuality seems to be slipping into a lot of the station's sitcoms. He didn't really expect to get a reply, but the very next day he received a rude e-mail from a representative of the station. The sender of the original letter was shocked and angry. He decided to publicize the letter by forwarding it to others and sending it to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Two years later, that message is still being sent.
Forwards can be very persuasive to the naive reader.
Like many people and their addiction to junk snail mail, some people are the same with their e-mail. They spend hours reading it and sending it to others. If you are sick of continually getting the same forwards from the same people, do something about it. Send this address to misguided friends or relatives or visit the site to find the fake forwards' history, then write a forward-infatuated friend to tell them the truth. I was pleased to see the four men who presented campaign platforms to the student body.