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Personally, as far as I'm concerned, it is not a matter of Free Speach
... It's a matter of someone trespassing on my property.

Please remove the 's' from crooks when replying. (This is to prevent
Automatic SPAM, Thank You)
Clay Crook




R.E.Donais wrote:
> 
> ABC@IOU.com (Looser) wrote:
> 
> >As much as I hate spam, it is not the government's business to sensor a free
> >speech medium such as the internet.  The best way to deal with spam is on an
> >organized basis as individuals, not government encroachment.
> >
> >David T. Hulsey
> >dhulsey@bellsouth.net
> 
> David, your argument that e-mail advertising is a protected
> form of free speech in the U.S. has been consistently
> rejected by Federal courts, including a challenge to the
> junk fax law and Cyber Promotions vs. AOL. In addition to
> the argument that UCE costs money to its unwilling
> recipients, UCE can in effect displace email messages which
> are desired by the recipient.  Electronic mailboxes and the
> electronic pipelines that lead to them have a limited
> capacity.
> 
> If I don't care for the message, I can walk away from the
> street corner, change the radio or television station, or
> even turn it off.  But, like the piece of cyberpromo UCE I
> just received says:
> 
>   "With E-mail your potential customer is forced to
>    read at least the headline of your letter.  Unlike
>    TV, magazines, newspaper ads, and direct mail where
>    more than 99.99% of the recipients will skip right
>    over your advertisement."
> 
> I chose to work toward enlisting the help of the government
> to protect me from individuals who make it their business to
> infringe upon my privacy.
> 
> If you are really interested to know why UCE cannot be left
> to industry self regulation, then I suggest you read the FAQ
> at <http://www.cauce.org/>
> 
>     ...red
> 
> --
> Roger E. Donais
> Jacksonville, FL
> email: rdonais@southeast.net
> http://users.southeast.net/~rdonais
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