Re: anni.com

hol...@aaaa.net wrote:
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> FREE SPEECH
> 
> Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
> prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech,
> or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to
> petition the Government for a redress of grievances.                   ---
> Amendment I, The US Constitution
> 
> There are a few people on the Internet who complain whenever they received
> unsolicited mail. Many of these individuals are the same people who feel
> that the World Wide Web, Online Services and the Internet should have never
> been commercialized. These "computer hippies" resent the presence of
> businesses on the Internet.
> 
> The vast majority of people appreciate short, informative messages about
> useful new products and/or services and do NOT want any "computer hippies"
> and immature nerds interfering with their ability to receive potentially
> valuable information on the Internet since that's what the Internet is
> supposed to be all about!
> 
> Whether or not you like receiving E-mail, if you are a true American, then
> you will fight for anybody's right to do so.  Most Americans and the vast
> majority of people on the Internet are opposed to imposed censorship in any
> form.
> 
> We are continually amazed at how quickly people applaud the loss of their
> freedoms. Without freedom of speech, WE HAVE LOST EVERYTHING our society
> stands for. If you are irritated by unsolicited E-mails, JUST IGNORE THEM,
> THIS IS THE COST OF A FREE SOCIETY! PAY YOUR DUES!
> 
> One thing that has to be said for E-mail over snail mail,  is that no trees
> had to be cut down to send E-mail.

I'd like to say that business advertising does not belong in Usenet.  It
belongs in the web.  It's perfectly ok to advertise a business on the
Internet, but not to post it to places that don't want it, or e-mail
somebody an advertisement.  Sure the person can ignore it, but it still
takes up space.  It may not be much, but if everyone keeps spamming
everybody, the space adds up.  Same thing with Usenet.  Some people have
offline browsers that download everything at once, without looking at
headers.  They end up downloading a bunch of advertisements that nobody
wants.

Sorry for making that big speech, but my opinions about spamming and
advertising on newsgroups are kinda strong, so I want to hopefully stop
at last a couple of people from spamming.  Unfortunately, that's
probably not going to happen.

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