[T-Rav]

cj, cj, cj...again with the personal attacks. It is interesting, considering how much I like and respect you, that we disagree as often as we do. It is also interesting how quickly you resort to personal attacks when I voice an opinion that differs from yours. Who pissed in your cheerios?

when you've been on the net a little longer & your name is on every remove list around you might understand ... the fact that you get so little spam that you can tell that someone added your address to a few spam lists is pretty funny ... you must have had a lot before if you noticed that.

I do not spend all day deleting spam. I change email addy's frequently, I have "spam" email accounts that i use to sign up for things online, because I know they will submit those addy's to spam lists. I check those addy's about once a week, and since the only reason I have those addy's is to field spam I can delete everything at once.

What do you mean spam arguments are based on propaganda & bullshit?! What's propaganda about the points I have made so far? They are my points, not the governments points ... or did you just jump in and let your fingers vomit on the keyboard?

I often times vomit on the keyboard...its my secret way of protecting myself from the evils of spam. However, I said that MOST of the anti-spam arguments were based on propaganda and bullshit. Not YOUR arguments.

After I learned how to read, I went back and read all of your posts. Let me boil it down a little. You believe spam is out of control and it is a big waste of your time and your money. You are also concerned about people that aren't as technically savvy, and would like to see something in place to protect them from spam.

Let me boil down my position. It is not a big waste of my time and money. I also believe in personal responsibility, so I'm not too terribly concerned about how other people use their email, filters, etc.

wtf?!?! the Internet is free? um .... i actually pay for my internet access, i pay for my computer and i pay for the server that directs my mail to me. what internet are you using?

The type of free I was referring to is this one: freedom, liberty...not free as in it doesn't cost anything. I believe the Internet is currently relatively "free" from extensive legislation and control from government entities. I think that is a good thing. I think it is this way because the Internet is a relatively new way of communicating. I think it is very important to keep it "free" from legislation as long as possible. That is the main reason I don't mind spam. I would rather deal with spam than have a government agency try to control it. And to answer your question...I use the same Internet you do.

T-rav, if that's the most valuable contribution you can give to this discussion, I doubt you'll be missed either.

You know you'd miss me cj
It is not my style to make valuable contributions. I like to make broad reaching ridiculous statements based very little on fact or research. Debating is often times an excercise in futility, and I hate going to the gym