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In article <49qaq4$m...@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>, wil...@ix.netcom.com (Bill
Palmer ) wrote:

> Persons should utilize the most extreme caution in responding to
> an article that has appeared suddenly in many newsgroups.  The
> posting  was supposedly placed by a "Kathy Sorkin", at <facepl@aol.
> com>.  This advertisement has the purported intent of attracting 
> 
> >...Wacky, creative kids, aged 6-13.
> 
> The actual message in the post is nebulous, although it does state,
> 
> >...We want kids who have used creativity to invent something or 
> >do something TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
> 
> Nowhere is there any mention of how answering the ad in question 
> will benefit the parents or children who are naive enough to reply.

...


> I know that many readers will not need this warning, and that
> what I have said above will seem rather obvious to some who have
> perused the "CALLING ALL KIDS" posting. But since so many
> "newbies" are logging onto the Net every day--and because 
> children are involved here--I sincerely feel that my comments
> are warranted.

After reading your post I decided to check out their sight myself. However
the adress was not found. Curious, I went to the sight one rung down,
Traveler's Guide. They had a few sight listings but no Faces and Places. I
e-mailed Traveller's Guide to ask what happened. The following is their
exact reply:

Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1995 17:52:18 -0800
From: Eric Richmond <mmc...@travelersguide.com> Organization:
MediaManagememnt Corp
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Avi Selk <a...@cyberspc.mb.ca>
Subject: Re: (no subject)

Yes. They have asked me to take their site down. They are a legitimate
business (11 yrs old) with a long list of clients (NBC, CBS) and were
unprepared for the flames and negative reaction they got. If you have
something to say to them, please let me know and I will pass it on. 

Avi Selk wrote:

>Hi,

>I was wondering if now or at any previous time you had a client named
"Faces and Places" and what happened to them. Their websight was
http://www.travelersguide.com/faceplac.htm/ 

>Thank you.

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I'm pretty sure this letter is telling the truth and now doubt that Faces
and Places had any very unscrupulous ideas. They were just under the
assumption that this is a big happy-go-lucky world without paranoia. I
doubt we'll be hearing from them again.

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Sincerely,

Avi Selk