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I have on my desktop a nice little shortcut to http://www.snopes.com

WHENEVER I receive ANY email that THREATENS me or suggests that GREAT HARM 
will come to me if I do not do such and such, I hit that shortcut.

I CANNOT ENDORSE THIS METHOD OF DEALING WITH ALARMIST EMAILS STRONGLY ENOUGH!!!

Go to Snopes and enter "codex" to discover the answer to whether or not 
Codex is a threat... at all.

Also be advised that Internet petitions are not worth the bandwidth you use 
to sign them.  As YOU know, spam is sent out worldwide to MILLIONS of email 
addresses every day.  A huge number of these email addresses are fakes. 
Don't you realize that using the same technology spammers do, one could 
easily forge millions of fake "email addresses" to an Internet petition? 
Don't you realize that anybody in a position to do anything about a REAL 
problem knows this?  Would YOU go before Congress demanding action on 
anything using an Internet petition as your rationale, knowing that it 
could be 100% phony?

Internet petitions are "feel good" ploys.  You sign one about a cause in 
which you believe and then you "feel good" because you have DONE 
something... taken a stand.  Of course, you haven't REALLY done anything of 
any use.  You have just pandered to your own ego and without spending a 
dime or doing anything for the cause YOU believe in, you have gotten off 
the hook to get up off your arse and make a real difference.

So use Snopes to sift out the hoaxes and liars, don't bother with useless 
Internet petitions, and when you find a cause that is real and concerns 
YOU, get off your computer, out of the house and REALLY DO SOMETHING to help.

> I'm not one to start a rash of fear. But, today, I ran across this and 
> was most surprised at its content.
> I'd love it if Ridecampers in their best style responded or ripped this 
> apart which ever seems appropriate.
>  
> Codex laws and regulations for vitamins, herbs and organic foods


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