Reply #169: Why don't you spend some time thinking

[Mairead]

about the difference in the internet before the first spammer and now. Which state was better -- then or now? Why don't we have the right not to be spammed? Why is the spammer's desire to annoy us more important than our desire not to be annoyed? Think about that.



I'll tell you a little anecdote:

About 30 years ago, at the annual meeting of the Humanistic Psych Division of the APA, the hotel staff were late getting things set up, so there was a long queue at the one coffee urn that was working at that point. People were standing there still half-asleep, coffee cups in hand, patiently waiting and hoping the coffee wouldn't run out. One of the other conference attendees came into the room, went to the head of the queue, smiled sweetly at the bemused man who was about to fill his cup and said 'Excuse me, I just want to get a cup of coffee.'

Do you understand?



Your posts have convinced me not to try to engage you in dialog, so please accept that this is all you are going to get from me, okay?