Re: Every spam is sacred
On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 01:00:01 +1000, Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> said:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 22:04, Mathieu Roy wrote:
>> Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> a tapoté :
>> > On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:21, Mathieu Roy wrote:
>> > > This is called terrorism. You fight innocent people to make
>> > > them support another ISP, by fear.
>> >
>> > I think it's more like economic sanctions. No-one changes ISP
>> > out of fear, they do so out of a practical desire to get their
>> > mail delivered. Just as governments sometimes change their
>> > policy out of a practical desire to get their products exported
>> > when they face sanctions.
>>
>> Economic sanctions can be terrorism.
> No they can't. The definitions given by "dict terrorism" refer to
> violence and terror.
> Refusing to do business with someone is not a violent act.
Refusing to provide sustenance to someone if you are the only
one to do so, and causing them harm, can be a heinous act. By
filtering mail meant to go to list subscribers, you are preventing
other people from doing business with the originator.
Like embargoes.
Children die in embargoes.
Now that I have made the gratituous emotionally charges
remark, let me state that I would object to filtering email about my
packages as part of collateral damage so gleefully embraced by some
RBL's
manoj
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