[ic] Stop whining about spam, you idiots

[Mike Heins]

Quoting Jim Balcom (jim@idk-enterprises.com):
> On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Kevin Walsh wrote:
> 
> KW>>Spam is a fact of life these days - get over it.
> 
> Some parallels:
> 
> AIDS is a fact of life these days - get over it.
> Abortion is a fact of life these days - get over it.
> Divorce is a fact of life these days - get over it.
> High school drop-outs are a fact of life these days - get over it.
> Death from cigarettes is a fact of life these days - get over it.
> 

At this point I will ask everyone to go to news.admin.net-abuse.email
if they wish to discuss it further.

I too hate spam, but I ask that we all take it out on the spammers
and the ISPs who tolerate them, not the victims. We will never get
this list totally spam-free, but we can try to do our best. Note that
since the message sparking this thread, not one has gotten through.

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