From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 17 0:42:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pop.idx.com.au (pop.idx.com.au [203.14.30.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97E9737B98A for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:42:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dannyh@idx.com.au) Received: from computer (maxc109.idx.com.au [203.19.9.109]) by pop.idx.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA05706; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:41:26 +1000 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000717174851.007ae100@192.168.1.194> X-Sender: dannyh@192.168.1.194 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:48:51 +1000 To: Nick Evans , "'mccarty'" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Danny Subject: RE: customer dissatisfaction In-Reply-To: <712384017032D411AD7B0001023D799B07C9E2@sn1exchmbx.nextvenu e.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Whoever, typed this email. Here are sum points :- If you are complaining about www.yahoo.com. Just because yahoo uses the "power of FreeBSD" doesn't mean we are associated with Yahoo That notion of Yahoo / FreeBSD is as stupid as " All Taxi Drivers favorite movie is Taxi Driver staring Robert DeNero and Harvey Kartel" If you want to complain about the Porn content complain to sales@yahoo.com If you want to use FreeBSD to host your porn sites:- You can feel free to ask the mailing list about FreeBSD and web hosting At 09:32 PM 7/16/00 -0400, Nick Evans wrote: > What the hell does this have to do with FreeBSD? -----Original >Message----- >From: mccarty [mailto:amccarty@pacbell.net] >Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 5:43 PM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: customer dissatisfaction > > Dear Sirs: Why is Yahoo providing infrastructure to >support this? I can only surmise - for the same reason ATT acquired the >rights to distribute XXX pornographic films over the internet on >Xcite@Home (now I understand why they named it xcite@home?) - pure >profits. > > My main areas of concern are the following: > > The issue of accessibility is a serious problem. After a few >keystrokes, a 10 year old can click on a button that says he's 18 >and can get free access to thousands of samples of ANY KIND OF >PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL. There is a large quantity of EXTREME and >potentially even illegal material available FREE on the internet. It >would be an understatement to say I believe this is having a negative >effect on the emotional development of the world's children. > > And I believe the easy access and ubiquity helps condition >potential victim's to think of these kinds of sexual activities as >"normal", lowers inhibitions, etc. > > No, I’ Guess what, if this trend continues, I bet the kids >won't be trading Pokemon cards at the playground much longer! > >I plan to boycott Yahoo! until something is done to correct this >situation. or pay to advertise on Yahoo! should also understand that >they are supporting this infrastructure with their advertising dollars >as well. Please consider your actions carefully. Sincerely, >John McCarty > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message