[82343] in Cypherpunks
The spam thread
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason William RENNIE)
Mon Jun 23 20:31:17 1997
From: Jason William RENNIE <jrennie@hardy.ocs.mq.edu.au>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 09:45:03 +1000 (EST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Jason William RENNIE <jrennie@hardy.ocs.mq.edu.au>
Ooops,
looks like i started a raging debate. Sorry if this debate bores anybody
but as was said to me, just delete it.
I notice nobody commented on the i just dont want advertising in my
mailbox point, and why shouldn't they be billed.
What i suggested WASN'T a new law that could be abused etc. It was a very
minor legal precedent, where the owner of a phone or email box could be
paid for advertising in in IF the marketer was informed.
To Ross, SPAM may be freedom of expression as my child pornography, but 2
things,
1. What about my rights to privacy, and my rights to my mailbox that I
pay for. Why should it be used as an advertising medium if i font want it
to be used for one ??
2. By your argument, mailbombing of all flavours is free expression and
should be allowed. Seeing as this follows logically RU going to get upset
if i mail bomb you ??
All this started when i asked if SPAM might be coming through this list,
i didn't think it would have tyhis effect, but discussion is healthy.
Anyway shall we let this thread die at this point ??
Jason =8-]
