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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

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I esteem the Internet for its democratizing ability to share and distribute 
information quickly and widely. As was true before the Internet, there are 
writers who lack moral integrity. Even more so than before the Net, all 
information sources must always be verified and in the case of blogs, 
interest groups and maverick journalists, an extra layer of skepticism is 
appropriate. It behooves all of us to expect fakers, imposters, 
proselytizers, and hucksters from all walks of life to prey upon our 
trustfulness.

As we have done from time to time on this homestead list, once writers have 
identified themselves as useless sources, it is appropriate to simply shun 
them, to trash their posts as quickly as we trash spam mail.