[plug] OT: Perth SPAM

[Beau Kuiper]

On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Simon Scott wrote:

> 	UMMMM, I never said anything about destroying their property, unless
> by 'property' you mean fax paper.
>
> 	But you could make the same argument that they are destroying my 'D'
> key, cos I have to use it to delete their crud :)
>
> 	I never said to beat them up or destroy their stuff.

But you talked about using up their toner, and toner isn't that cheap,
espcially for 100's of filled out pages

But, put your butt on the line over this, see if I care

Beau Kuiper
kuiperba at cs.curtin.edu.au

>
>
> 	From:	Beau Kuiper <kuiperba at cs.curtin.edu.au> on 20/07/2001 01:49
> PM
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> 	Subject:	Re: [plug] OT: Perth SPAM
>
> 	On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Simon Scott wrote:
>
> 	> 	How does some company sending me unsolicited emails differ
> from me
> 	> sending them unsolicited faxes?
>
> 	Because sending faxes as you described is not only unsolicited, it
> is
> 	designed to be malicious and cause direct damage. You CANNOT beat
> door
> 	to door salespeople up, or destroy their property when they try to
> sell
> 	you goods, even if they are crappy goods.
>
> 	>
> 	> 	They are both unwanted and waste the receiver's resources?
> 	>
> 	> 	Id enjoy going to court for this one, even if you lost youd
> win
> 	> because youd set a precedent that any good lawyer could use
> against email
> 	> spammers. A small price to pay, I say.
> 	>
>
> 	And what precedent would that be? That destroying other peoples
> property
> 	is right (if you win), or that sending spam is OK (if you don't win)
>
> 	> 	And I disagree. Spam is not petty. My mother does not want
> to know
> 	> how to make her dick 4 inches longer, or watch Sarah Michelle
> Geller giving
> 	> head. It is offensive for most, and especially for the older
> generation,
> 	> completely innappropriate.
>
> 	I agree about offensive SPAM. If they are in australia (most likely
> not),
> 	you could possibly take them to court for indecent advertising.
>
> 	>
> 	> 	What gets me is the constant flood of email at work that I
> get
> 	> offering low Mortgage rates, if I lived in America. The fact that
> I do not
> 	> live in America (and never will) seems to be of little importance
> to these
> 	> people.
> 	>
>
> 	So, ignore it. Delete it, and get on with life, or follow it through
> the
> 	proper channels. There is no excuse for doing damage to other
> peoples
> 	property, even if they do it to you first. Revenge can get very
> ugly.
>
> 	> 	So, unless you want to watch a Sarah Michelle Geller porno
> while
> 	> making your dick longer, sitting in your house paid for by an
> American
> 	> Mortgage company, you shouldnt have to receive this crap.I believe
> there
> 	> should be laws protecting people like my mother, especially if
> they receive
> 	> blatantly offensive material.
>
> 	Oh please. I doubt you will need to protect your mother. She has
> rasied
> 	kids so I have no doubt that she can handle this stuff. But anyway,
> you
> 	will not stop SPAM by taking out revenge on spamming companys (they
> will
> 	likely think you are a loony and not even consider changing their
> 	position)
>
> 	Don't have a cow
> 	Beau Kuiper
> 	kuiperba at cs.curtin.edu.au
>
>
>
>
>
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