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To: Ichneumon
I like your response. You see, our problem is that we recognize the scam by pointing out the flagrant errors of the scammers. What we need to do is go in league with these guys, re-write their gibberish so that at first glance it may sound plausible to guys like us, then sit back while they do their stuff, take our cut and disappear before it all blows up (or fizzles out in this case). That's a recipe for wealth if I ever saw one.

:)

just kidding....

161 posted on 05/23/2006 1:01:55 PM PDT by lafroste (gravity is not a force. See my profile to read my novel absolutely free (I know, beyond shameless))
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To: lafroste
I like your response. You see, our problem is that we recognize the scam by pointing out the flagrant errors of the scammers.

It has been said that lotteries are "a tax on people who can't do math". These kinds of "free energy" scams are a tax on people who didn't learn basic science.

What we need to do is go in league with these guys, re-write their gibberish so that at first glance it may sound plausible to guys like us, then sit back while they do their stuff, take our cut and disappear before it all blows up (or fizzles out in this case). That's a recipe for wealth if I ever saw one.

Don't think I haven't been tempted. After decades of trying to rescue endless hordes of folks from getting snookered by scammers, politicians, propagandists, etc., and seeing how little headway I've made, it's sometimes tempting to conclude that some people just *want* to be bamboozled, and start giving them what they want. Telling people the lies they want to hear is a lot easier than actually working for a living, and it pays better. Plus as an old saying goes, "a fool and his money were lucky to have been together in the first place".

But alas, I'm too honest for my own good.

166 posted on 05/23/2006 1:13:34 PM PDT by Ichneumon (Ignorance is curable, but the afflicted has to want to be cured.)
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