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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (1238)	9/23/2018 11:44:13 PM
From: Graystone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1327

Sincerity is important, I am not sure there is any way to measure that. I can hear you clearly, you are more than a label, my view of you grew out of the froth of all that you wrote that I read, not just to and from me but to and from everyone. Going back and reading things that we wrote ten years ago can be informative. So I did that...the best way back is old Subjectmarks...(for me anyways). That lets me alight in the land of time remembered... Subject 31606 I haven't read it yet, just posted the Subjectmark. As you can see the only Subjectmark is mine. Let me go read what I wrote and I will tell you if I agree with me I am very happy that Canada has decided to legalize marijuana. It is a good thing. I am going to stay holiday in Canada next year. We are heading to Prince Edward Island to take advantage of the wonderful beaches. My family has always loved swimming. Our favourite vacation so far has been the Kona side of the Big Island, we were in the ocean almost everyday at 8:30 or 9:00, I actually have a prescription snorkeling mask. Ok, now I will actually read that thread...

To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (1238)	3/14/2019 8:52:31 PM
From: sense	1 Recommendation Recommended By Graystone Respond to of 1327

"every single message ever written here is still here, for anyone to see at any time" My own experience is that "the internet" is very significantly editable. I think future historians sifting through the mass of data will have some real issues with source quality... and not only because "you had to be there at the time" to comprehend the exchanges in context. Of course, most of the data isn't likely to be of interest anyway... but, the things that are will also be far more likely to be subject to exercises in influence. Relevance and reliability are likely to be inversely related. I don't see the internet becoming a "permanent record" in that way. Probably only in ways you won't appreciate. SI has proven far better than most, in my experience, but the primary protection of the history that I see is only in the mass of the data, it mostly being far too large for people to bother with. Then, the passions of the day that drove the flame wars we joined are very unlikely to prove timeless, or even interesting, in the afterglow in others eyes.