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Article #349Re: spam?
From: Wes Younger
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 00:00
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In article <61vqd8$pd3@smash.gatech.edu>,
matt@teriyaki.BLEEPBLEEPBLEEP.gt.ed.net ( Matt Magnasco ) wrote:
> In article <61vq3n$opn@smash.gatech.edu>,
> Matt Magnasco <matt@teriyaki.BLEEPBLEEPBLEEP.gt.ed.net> wrote:
>
> >Anyway, Birth^H^H^H^HBenchmark Printing Supply is a notorious spammer,
> >and they will spam whomever whenever and whereever. Call them up, or
> >better yet, go to the store *in person* and bitch them out, saying one
> >or more of the following things:
> > * spam is trespassing
> > * spam is not guaranteed (ie, spam != free speech) by the First Amendment
> > * spam is theft of resources
> > * you were stealing property from the State of Georgia
> > * you used a State of Georgia computer without authorization
> > * I am definitely supporting Rep. Chris Smith's anti-spam bill now (HR
> > 1748)
>
> Also, definitely say that you will NEVER, EVER buy any products from
> them from now on, since they spammed you. Whether you would have or not is
> irrelevant. Hit spammers where it hurts the most: the wallet.
And call them collect from a pay phone to complain.
-Wes
--
"...there is no guarantee that new doctrinaires will not sieze the
opportunity now before us; indeed, we have every reason to expect that they will- even to suspect that they already have. How else, after all, could science possibly proceed?"
-Evelyn Keller, Refiguring Life: Metaphors of 20th Century Biology
Wes Younger 325458 Georgia Tech Station Atlanta, GA, 30332-1060 USA
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