At 04:00 PM 10/8/97 -0400, Larry Macy wrote:
>there are hearings in Washington on spam, lets hope they pass similar
>laws to the ones for unsolicited faxes. If I hear anything about the
>hearings I will pass it on so we can all comment to our congresspersons.
Whoops!! Larry hit a hot-button!!!
TOO MUCH of our lives is already being legislated. Once the US Congress or
some other HUHA bureaucrat gets its hands on this wonderful resource we
know as the internet, we won't recognize it ever again...
After the "legislation", and fumbled iterations of same, the message you
are reading right now could be construed as "spam." And, please don't say
"that won't happen!"
Shall we discuss inspection stickers in California??!
Think about it....
The difference from unsolicited faxes is... well.... Faxes are available
by merely dialing a phone number.
We have ISPs that can take care of what eventually ends up in our in-box IF
we want them to do so. We pay them for a service. They want to stay in
business. The mouths writing the legislation for the legislator want to
keep their bureaucratic jobs!
Carol (BO-ring... never any opinions in this household!)
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