From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 30 15:46:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2BC237B401 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:46:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org [64.239.180.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 965ED43E4A for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:46:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) Received: from hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gBUNjn176767; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:45:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dave@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org) Message-Id: <200212302345.gBUNjn176767@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Terry Lambert Cc: dever@getaclue.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:45:44 -0800 From: Dave Hayes Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Terry Lambert writes: > Dave Hayes wrote: ... >> > If the SPAM enforcement was an emergent property of the system >> > used to communicate SPAM -- and other information -- then not >> > sending SPAM would be as natural as not walking down the street, >> > suspended six inches in the air. >> >> Oh lord, let us woe the day that content is used as a means of >> determining which email is to be transported and which is not. > > Why? > Even unlimited freedom of speech is not a guarantee of an audience. This is the argument used by people who wish to fool people into thinking there is no freedom of speech. I will refrain from addressing it here. > Do you spend as much energy bitching at your local cable television > company for not putting you on the air to voice your philosophy to > the masses? Heavens no, my philosophy is not for everyone. It's only for those who are willing to understand. ;) ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< "When they came for the 2nd Amendment, I said nothing, for I owned no gun. Then the sixth was next to go, and I remained silent, as I was not on trial. They took away the fourth, and I said nothing, as I had nothing to hide. And then they came for the First, and I could say nothing." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message