On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 05:54:49PM -0800, Josh wrote: > Is spam free speech?
The question isn't well formed, it is like asking "Is a gun the right to bear arms?" But to get to what I think you are asking: I am concerned with freedom of communication. Two or more people who have a mutual desire to communicate (ie. transfer information) should be free to do so. Spam doesn't fit this definition, since the receiver of spam is generally not a willing participant in that act of communication. Similarly, the sender of information must also be doing so willingly, so, for example, there is nothing wrong with not telling someone something. Ian. -- Ian Clarke ian at freenetproject.org Founder & Coordinator, The Freenet Project http://freenetproject.org/ Chief Technology Officer, Uprizer Inc. http://www.uprizer.com/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/chat/attachments/20020101/82bfab6b/attachment.pgp>
