Why my concealed identity, you ask. I have needed to work in secrecy to expose these darkfriends, and more of their number may yet be undiscovered. For my own safety, and for the efficacy of my work, I must remain anonymous.
Why should you believe the allegations of an anonymous lurker, you ask. Well, don't rely strictly upon my word; I will reprise for you several captured conversations among them. HEAR THE DARKFRIENDS CONDEMN THEMSELVES BY THEIR OWN HANDS!!!
The text the follows is long, but is only the tip of the iceberg, I can assure you. Please, steel yourselves to the pain and bear with me.
First, the true Father of Lies...
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 94 00:24:46 EST
From: Bill Garrett
Subject: Help us (rasfw Jordan fans) with a hoax
After we had all finished eating and turned the full of our energies
toward discussing Jordan's books, I said, "It would be neat if we made
up some crazy story about tonight and told it to the rest of the group."
Almost instantly someone responded, "Let's tell them that Robert Jordan
himself showed up!" "Yeah, he was in town at a book signing and stopped
by," added another. "We can say we invited him, on a lark, and were
really surprised when he dropped by," suggested a third.
We all think this would be a great idea. I'll make up a bogus transcript
of things we asked RJ and his responses to us. Our goal is to get the
other rasfw people excited, send them chasing through the books for
references that don't exist, and generally have them scratching their
heads about unexpected things RJ said.
Note the blatant admission right in the subject line that this is a hoax.
Has he no shame? Now, watch the chief of the Forsaken condemn himself:
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 94 19:44:50 EST
From: "Chad C. D'Amour Orzel"
Subject: Re: Summary of our darkfriend social
First of all, we need to have some sort of goal for this whole hoax-
basically to get people to waste a whole lot of time chasing after
references that don't exist and so forth, and posting this stuff to
r.a.s.w so we can laugh at them... Implying that 1) Jain Farstrider is
someone we've met or 2) Gaidal Cain has been reborn would have been
perfect, except if I see another Cain=Logain post I'm going to mail-
bomb someone. But something ludicrous like that...
Forsooth, even Very Small Animals can serve the Shadow...
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 94 11:35:41 EST
From: ghirarde@oraac (Judy Ghirardelli)
Subject: Re: The Jordan Hoax - draft
Hi Bill and everyone. I think this was really good - we will have some
people believe us I think! Jordan was as evasive as he would have
really been had he been there. I too like Joe M's suggestion about
him being there to talk to Disney. Over all though, I think it is not
too unbelievable, and I would probably believe it had I not been there
(but then again, I am pretty gullible...)
Three servants of the Shadow so far, but more to come:
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 94 16:23:42 EST
From: Michael Macchione
Subject: Re: The Jordan Hoax - reactions
Fellow Hoaxers,
I'm sorry that I haven't been involved in the set up but it all occured
between logins for me. I think it was hysterical. I'm about to type up
a followup, with a few corrections and comments. I have a question
though, How long are we going to keep this up?
Mike
Sir MPS
Even some of the less-frequent rasfw posters have been corrupted.
Again, note the blatant but casual admissions of complicity.
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 94 16:15:27 EST
From: Joe Morris
Subject: Re: Jordan Hoax: more suckers!
In case someone's newsfeed is running slow, here's my posting today
about the Social. I've included in it a couple of gentle hints about
hoaxes, phrased as if *Jordan* was hoaxing *us*.
The hints have been added since the time I sent most of this material
to the group.
I agree with some previous suggestions that we don't want to let this
run too long. Maybe we should spring the announcement on St. Paddy's
Day (next Thursday, 3/17), claiming that it was all in honor of Irish
blarney?
Joe
THERE'S MORE!! This cadre of darkfriends seemed unsatisfied by their
hoax, so they compounded the lies...
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 94 17:03:28 EST
From: "Chad C. D'Amour Orzel"
Subject: Re: Jordan Hoax: more suckers!
OK, just want to run this by the rest of the hoax crew so no-one posts to
contradict it:
I'm going to write up a list of "remembered" quotes from "RJ" to post to
r.a.s.w, including:
[...]
I have elided the rest of the foul plans here, for I am sure you
already know the outcome: bogus hints about "Is Verin Black?", hints
that the series will end soon, statements that Aram is a darkfriend,
etc. Watch in these next missives how they laugh at those who were
snared by their growing web of deception:
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 94 21:56:40 EST
From: Bill Garrett
Subject: Re: Jordan Hoax: more suckers!
Mike writes:
> Has anyone actually sounded skeptical, yet? It seems as if everyone is
> buying it, hook, line and sinker.
They're buying it like $.15 cigars on sale at 6 for a dollar. ;)
You can add Viren Shah, Roderick Easton, and David DeLaney to my
earlier list, alond with any others whose responses haven't come to
my site yet.
The Father of Lies is not the only one to gloat...
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 94 12:19:22 EST
From: ghirarde@oraac.gsfc.nasa.gov (Judy Ghirardelli)
Subject: Re: Jordan Hoax: when to quit
Hi hoaxers. I just read quickly the news, and I can't believe these
idiots on the net are so naive! *I* would not have fallen so hard for
this one. A couple of comments :
1) did you see Keith's post? I was ROTFL - as was my husband. The
only one to suggest it was a hoax, yet saying it like he wished it
were a hoax.
2) I am *so* glad I am in on this - all those wasted hours I am
saving my not rereading "what lies hidden" and all the rest.
Finally, I have one last evildoer to expose. That he was in on it
should surprise no one.
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 94 11:34:52 EST
From:
Subject: JORDAN HOAX SPREADS OUT OF CONTROL
So I sensationalized the subject. Sue me.
Well, it's now official! With the recent flood of separate
newsgroup posts, we've managed to revive _every_ last thread
from hell. :-)
We've been dropping hints left and right, and _nobody_ seems
to be catching on. For people who spend so much time analyzing
the exact wording/meaning of quotes from the books, they don't
seem to be paying much attention to the implications of what
we say. A sad commentary on the Jordanposters, is it not?
A sad commentary it is that so many have forsaken the Light, and
also a sad commentary that they could beguile so many who try to
walk in the Light. They must have twisted the Power to their own
ends, for there is surely no way they could achieve such successful
deceit unaided.
Thank you for surviving with me this far. The light of Truth burns
brightly, and on occasion, painfully.