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Originally Posted by RawAlex
I would add this as well: Any single spammer, provided they are not the type that cluster spams, isn't what I would consider as a huge problem individually.
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Originally Posted by Useless Warrior
I really dislike spam, but I too have a beef with the punishment. It's far more severe than necessary. If they really want to dissuade a financial venture like spamming, then punish them financially. And it comes right down to what you said about the government having a hard-on for the internet. They don't know how to control it, so they go insanely overboard.
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There are many excellent posts in this thread. We, as internet marketers, walk a very fine line when discussing marketing tactics.
Can anyone really define spam? So you receive unrequested email, big deal, so what? If you don't like it just stop using web based email. The internet is public realm.
Maybe we should jail ad execs at Budweiser, Proctor & Gamble, General Motors, etc, etc. I don't request TV commercials either, but hey, they shove them in my face anyway. They are spamming the public airwaves. En masse! But that's my problem, I'm using public facilities by choice.
As soon as 'they' (our collective government bodies) figure out how to tax spam it will be as legal as can be. Spammers don't go to the expense, time or trouble just to personaly piss you off. Out of so many emails sent some moron will buy a "genuine Rollecks watch".
For the record, I detest spammers. But I detest censorship and "big brother" control even more. I'd rather tolerate spam than risk being the next do-gooder target. The next time you jump on the anti-spam bandwagon you may be cutting your own throat.
later ................