Re: Daft Internet Stuff [Re: Returning from "vacation". (MIA?)]
On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 07:14:07PM +0100, Matt Ryan wrote:
> > Well, yeah, sure, but the highway analogy doesn't apply. There isn't a
> > single technical reason why I as a random person need to ever be in any
> > sort of contact with a spammer to keep the system running.
>
> There was no mention of spammers in the thread! While they are prone to
> sending HTML emails its a general comment on people usage of the Internet.
Spammers are only the bottom-most layer, but it's the same pile.
(I'd quote a proverb about how small things lead to big things, but I can't
currently think of any of those in English. :)
> If you can limit yourself to contacts who are technical enough to
> understand the arguments why you don't like it then you can maintain the
> pretence that it doesn't exist. Those who have to communicate on a wider
> basis (perhaps for work?) cannot afford to drop mail to /dev/null and so
> will have to get used to it I think.
You started the subthread by saying the rules are archaic and irrelevant;
whether the "law-abiding" people get used to other people breaking the
"laws" or not is not the real issue -- that's a reality. But in principle,
rejecting these laws based on the number of offenders, discarding the other
realities such as the fact there's no official legislation enforcing them,
doesn't strike me as particularly logical.
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