From: "Paul H. Merrill" <paulmerrill@acm.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 16:06:21 -0800 (PST)
To: Ross Wright <rwright@adnetsol.com>
Subject: Re: Complaints about spam are TRUE theft of services
In-Reply-To: <199803202343.PAA09849@toad.com>
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Ross Wright wrote:
> 
> On or About 19 Mar 98 at 15:31, Ian Briggs wrote:
> 
> > >Spam is not crime, it's commerce.  Shut up and hit that delete key,
> > > you fucktard.
> >
> > Its not commerce, its collect calls and fuck you.  Fax bombing is
> > illegal.
> >
> > Unsolicitated e-mail of this nature will eventually also be.
> 
> Is that *really* what you want?
> 
> >> Not because its "dangerous" to the internet, there are a lot more
> > dangerous issues facing todays Internet, because organized ISP have
> > enough power to tell cluless lawmakers it is.
> 
> Again, I ask: "Is that *REALLY* what you want?"  You want stupid
> congressmen and women to make new laws about spam???  Are you nuts?
> 
> *Really*, you want them sticking their small minds into the internet?
> *REALLY*??????
> 
> You and all your "organized ISP" brothers should just shut up and hit
> the delete keys, you bunch of fucktards.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> =-=-=-=-=-=-
> Ross Wright
> King Media: Bulk Sales of Software Media and Duplication Services
> http://ross.adnetsol.com
> Voice: (408) 259-2795

While I do not completely agree with the tone of the comments, nor do I
buy the specific numbers involved, I have found that the mouthing off
about the terror of Spam to take more bandwidth than the (EMail) spam
itself does.  I also fear legislative involvement much more than the
spam itself.

OTOH I dislike spam intensely and do reufse to buy from a spammer --
even when they occasionally have a toy I just might want under other
circumstances.

PHM