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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (202999)	4/17/2007 11:32:48 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 793838

That was my first reaction too but upon reflection, the man was being amazingly, refreshingly honest and open about his reasoning. Watch, he will be excoriated for this statement.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (202999)	4/17/2007 12:24:00 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 793838

I am told that this is indeed satire.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (202999)	4/17/2007 12:31:26 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

Yes-- it is silly, made-up nonsense, and reprehensible that it was called "semi-news" by the Az Conservative and presented as truth with no caveat. None of the other news stories have this quote. Iktomi checked several legitimate sources, as did I, and Pres. Davis said nothing of the sort. He mentioned hospitality (which you may find equally silly) and health and safety of the students who were using sinks to wash their feet (which is pretty icky), but nothing about threats. I don't know Semmens; maybe he does this kind of thing all the time- but since the rest of the article was accurate with only that quote changed, it is not apparent. He should be called on the carpet by his editors. It does a great disservice to their credibility, not to mention the damage done by the quote itself.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (202999)	4/17/2007 4:31:52 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793838

>>Are you saying that quote is silly, made-up nonsense?<< YES!!! Do you really think that in today's world a college president could say something like that and not lose his job within 72 hours? When you see such a quote, do you not have the slightest tiny little inkling of doubt? That perhaps you should fact-check it before authorizing your brain to shunt off it's logic circuits and emit an emotional comment? That perhaps you should search Google to verify whether it's true? That perhaps you should click on the link to see if it checks out? FYI, here's another obviously fake quote from longnshort's link... CBS brass was forced to admit that Couric’s essay did not live up to the network’s standards. “The reminiscing Ms. Couric mouthed in her video essay was fake, but not accurate,” Sean McManus, president of CBS News, conceded. “Ms. Couric doesn’t really give a hoot about libraries. We shouldn’t be too hard on her, though. She is no Dan Rather. She is relatively new to CBS and obviously needs more time to fully absorb our culture.” Longnshort is a prankster who likes to cite fake stories like this. He also snookered a bunch of folks by spreading around an April Fool's story about a tax on barbecue CO2 emissions in Belgium. Edit: Longonshort may not be a prankster. Maybe he actually believes this junk.