From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The American Cynic October 25, 1999 Volume 04 Issue 43 <snip> *** If this is the 21st Century, I don't want to be a part of it: Suppose you get an unsolicited fax purporting to be a "survey" about gun control laws. You fill it out, ready to send it back for tallying. That's when you see that you have to fax it back to a 900 number charging $2.95 per minute. Do you do it? If you're a Cynic reader and you said yes, I want you to unsubscribe this afternoon. It's amazing that a company would attempt to make money this way, but what's even more astounding is that they do! It's 21st Century Faxes, a British firm with an office in New York. What they do (sending unsolicited broadcast faxes) is illegal in America; but since they fax from London, they are immune to our FCC laws. In the wake of the Columbine High School shootings, a gun control "survey" was sent to over 6 million U.S. fax machines. Returned surveys would cost the hapless boob between $3 and $6 -- "a small price to pay for greater democracy," the survey's fine print says. How many people would actually fall for this moneymaking scam? A dozen? A few hundred? No, this is America! Over 97,000 knuckleheads responded. The company's director, Tony Moore, states that the purpose of this survey is not "just to make money." "A lot of people from Britain visit the U.S., and we don't want to be shot. Virtually everyone you run across in America is packing a gun." We don't know about that, Tony, but there certainly are 97,000 of us not packing a clue. ********************************************************** John Rickards. Fairfax, VA (One of the gun carrying Americans) ******************************************************** -- I hate this company, they constantly send me rubbish despite my constant complaints and their clear violation of the Data Protection Act. Steve. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
