Interesting discussion.
Originally Posted by bdschobel
I challenge this account. I tried to verify it, searching with Google and other sites using phrases like "black congresswoman detained" (and variations on that). The only thing that came up even close
So now how stupid do you feel? Has it ever occurred to you that there may be things in this world that are not on google or wikipedia or anywhere on the internet? How old are you? Have you ever considered a library as a research tool? While I admit that the internet is a *very* useful and convenient source of information, the fact that a particular story is not on it does not mean that it is untrue or an urban legend. Quite often sources on the internet are flat out
wrong.
Being nearly 40, I sometimes wonder how the world must seem to someone who grew up with cell phones, IM, and wikipedia as given, as the way things have always been. I am guessing that you aren't quite this young however. Which I find even more alarming.