On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 22:30:04 -0700, "Cthulhu's Little Helper"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>On 29 June 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William X. Walsh) wrote:
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>>On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:39:04 -0700, "Cthulhu's Little Helper"
>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>>
>>>The net is no more a market-enabling technology than the phone is. I =
>>mean
>>>that literally. As in, the phone enables me to make more effective use
>>>of vendors, but that's it. I don't want people selling me things over
>>>the phone in an unsolicited manner. I don't want people 'narrowcasting'
>>>products to my phone based on my demographics. I'll decide how, and =
>>when,
>>>and with whom, I use my phone. And I'll decide who my carrier is. And
>>>I'll decide, to a certain extent, how my phone number is to be used.
>>
>>Those decisions are what make you a part of the market.
>
>
>Perhaps, William, perhaps. However, *I* will *choose* to be a market.
>I will not be thrust into this category or that and have my tools used
>to sell me products or services against my will. If I want to bestow
>my custom on a vendor, I am perfectly capable of seeking them out.
>Vendors are as much a market as customers. As such, they have the
>same demographic characteristics as customer bases, or markets, do.
>
>We, as individuals, are quite capable of using these to our advantage
>to find what we need. We do not need you to tell us into which
>markets we fit. We will put ourselves into whatever markets we feel
>necessary.
>
>I am not a passive consumer. Nor is the rest of the net, though you
>may wish it so. We do not grant you license to turn the net into the
>next TV wasteland.
>
>(and when I say "we", I refer to myself, and any other disenfranchised
>person who chooses to agree with me. Unlike many on the other side of
>the fence, I don't dare assume I'm speaking for 200 million people.)
Mark,
I think you are confused as to what was the basis for this discussion.
As a consumer you are a part of a market, you make certain choices.
These choices include which TLD to register under, which internet
provider to use, etc.
None of what has been discussed on this thread had any relation to
privacy policies with regard to unsolicited advertisements.
--
William X. Walsh
General Manager, DSo Internet Services
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934
The Law is not your mommy or daddy to go crying
to every time you have something to whimper about.
