Frustrated by the feeling that well-intentioned folks have been screwing up cooperation with tall tales, Thomas wrote:

"I've been called everything from 'legal-type' to a 'politico,' to a CIA plant. At the risk of sounding bitter, I must admit that lighting a fire under highly intelligent, misinformed people hasn't been easy for me.

2/24/97 Running Bare skeptically explained:

>>Things have become so subtle, that it's sometimes hard to tell. >>

Certainly, things have become subtle. Maybe Running Bear was influenced by High Hippie Hyper-tales, or maybe he's just inclined to negative skepticism by nature, in any event, there are other instances where people have obviously been exposed to

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