Re: What would make you believe?

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:28:29 GMT, Bryan Derksen
<bryan.derksen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Wildepad wrote:
>> On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:49:02 GMT, throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Wayne Throop)
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> : Wildepad <noreplies>
>>> : What, if anything, could he say to convince you to spend a dollar to
>>> : play 'his' numbers for a $65,000,000 lottery?
>>>
>>> He can give me the dollar.
>> 
>> Sorry -- leaving articfacts behind should have been listed as the
>> biggest no-no.
>
>Why? You explained away the leaving of technical information by saying 
>that in their other experience it always caused society to self-destruct 
>for some unknown reason, but how could one counterfeit dollar entering 
>circulation possibly have any significant effect? People counterfeit 
>money all the time.

It's not the effect the one bill, counterfeit or not (it could be a
relic), would have, it's the problems you would have explaining
why/where/how you acquired it, and it would negate your being able to
claim the prize (any impropriety in the purchase is cause to deny the
payout). 

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