[12097] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FYA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scot Anderson)
Thu Sep 4 21:00:35 1997
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 20:43:14 -0400
To: rfg@monkeys.com
From: Scot Anderson <scot@ssmg.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <13219.873414367@monkeys.com>
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Actually, I think that they don't cut off that hand right away. They
start with a finger. Then a hand on subsequent offenses. Turns out
there's a bunch of folks missing a finger, very few actually missing
a hand.
Interesting.
At 04:06 PM 9/4/97 -0700, you wrote:
>
>In message <199709042044.NAA32211@wisdom.rc.vix.com>, you wrote:
>
>>
>>------- Forwarded Message
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>>Message-ID: <01BCB94B.EBBDC6E0.jordy@wserv.com>
>>From: Jordan Mendelson <jordy@wserv.com>
>>To: "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
>>Subject: RE: are you an ISP thinking of spamming or condoning
spammer customer
>>s?
>>Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 16:02:15 -0400
>>Organization: Web Services, Inc.
>>X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211
>>Sender: owner-nanog@merit.edu
>>
>>On Thursday, September 04, 1997 3:50 PM, Paul A Vixie
[SMTP:paul@vix.com]
>>wrote:
>>> Have a look at <URL: http://www.config.com/apology/public/spam/>
first.
>>
>>I think we should bring back castration/mastectomy as a means of
punishment
>>for those who spam.
>
>Works for me!
>
>In Islamic countries, I believe that the standard punishment for
stealing
>is to have your hands cut off. This is both a punishment _and_ a
way of
>preventing repeat offenses. With regard to either goal, I believe
it is
>most effective.
>
>My own feeling is that a similar sort of combination should be used
in
>the case of spammers, i.e. they should be punished by being banned
entirely
>from the net for a period of from 2 to 10 years, depending upon the
severity
>of the offense.
>
>>Just an opinion after the 34th copy of this ARE YOU BEING
INVESTIGATED spam
>>has hit my box.
>
>Yes. In that guy's case, I would make an exception and cut off his
nuts
>(if he has any). I have gotten a bunch of his crap too.
>
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