# Obama Healthcare email **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-healthcare-email/535420 "2010-04-08T16:02:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-healthcare-email/535420/21 "2010-04-08T19:11:48Z")
> [@](#): > > FI… Wouldn’t it be reasonable to stop reading at that point? ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-healthcare-email/535420/22 "2010-04-08T19:34:22Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Anyone want to help me respond to this? I frankly admit I don’t know the answer. > > Email from Mom: Perhaps a better approach would be to explain to mom that you have downloaded the application form for the Death Panel and her interview session is a week from Wednesday at 2:00 PM. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-healthcare-email/535420/23 "2010-04-08T19:35:10Z")
> [@Translucent\_Daydream](#): > > This is really well put, **Fuzzy**. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-healthcare-email/535420/24 "2010-04-08T20:03:07Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Perhaps a better approach would be to explain to mom that you have downloaded the application form for the Death Panel and her interview session is a week from Wednesday at 2:00 PM. I sent her the Snopes link, but if she wants to continue, this is definitely next! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-healthcare-email/535420/25 "2010-04-08T20:16:23Z")
It’s from your Mom. Roll your eyes as you delete the silly thing, and get on with your day. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-healthcare-email/535420/26 "2010-04-08T20:35:37Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > It’s from your Mom. Roll your eyes as you delete the silly thing, and get on with your day. An understandable impulse, but there’s something to be said for fighting ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-healthcare-email/535420/27 "2010-04-08T21:18:39Z")
Response: "Dear Mom, Please don’t fall for stupid bullshit again signed, Dung Beetle" ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-healthcare-email/535420/28 "2010-04-09T12:18:58Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > An understandable impulse, but there’s something to be said for fighting ignorance. This, plus I’m fighting my own! I delete most of her stuff, but she had copied my kids on that one, so I thought I’d respond. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-healthcare-email/535420.md?page=1)