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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Djeta Thernadier" data-source="post: 1457638" data-attributes="member: 12043">It was not meant to be taken as truth either. It was done on 10/30/1938 (ie. near Halloween) during the time slot that Orson Welles' plays were always performed. The real sounding broadcast was done to heighten the dramatic effect, but no one really thought it would cause the crazed panic that it did. It was a story adapted from a book. How many times have you seen a "news report" within a work of fiction such as a movie or tv show? Do you take those news reports seriously? What if you happened to tune in right when the news report segment was on? Surely after you realized that it was occuring during the time slot of a popular TV show , you'd realize it was not real, right? I think at the time, this was the most convincing fiction that people had been exposed too, but now we see stuff like this all the time and never even think twice about it. Whoa. I think some of the fake posts are a little annoying too, but I see it as people having some good fun. Serious, important news should not be kidded about on 4/1, of course. And the Mayor thing, I recall that, and I didn't think it was funny either. But saying MS is taking over WoTC, as a joke for one day is not on the same level and most April Fools jokes are. As for being called a fool, isn't that the whole point of Aprils Fools Day?  <a href="http://wilstar.net/holidays/aprilfool.htm" target="_blank">http://wilstar.net/holidays/aprilfool.htm</a> To play pranks on others, and have others play pranks on you? I try to not get annoyed by it, it's all in good fun, as long as it's not taken too far (ie. the Mayor).</blockquote>

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