On the one hand, you want to limit freedom of speech to spammers, on the other hand, you don't want a non-anonymous SMTP.
--- Bill Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > OTOH, I would argue that spam isn't going to get > fixed until there's > a > > > REASON for it. Money is frequently a pretty good > motivator. > Technical > > > means need a sea change. > > > > It isn't going to come from government, either. > It is more > likely > > that major ISPs throwing their weight behind a > non-anonymous version > > of SMTP will be the catalyst that gets things > moving. > > > NO! > > We're being trained/conditioned/programmed to accept > the inevitability > of positive ID's to access the world of digital > communications, but that > is exactly the wrong solution. > > Our last vestige of freedom is freedom of speech, > but that freedom will > disappear once it's discovered that the authorities > have been collecting > everything you've ever posted, read or searched for > on the Internet in a > mountain somewhere - just waiting the final touch: > that positive, legal > linkback between stuff in that mountain and you. > > Don't you recall the expression that "he who runs > the information runs > the show"? It's true, and that kind of power belongs > not to the best > capitalists, but to the people who will live in and > be governed by an > information-centric world. > > I'm not arguing against capitalism. I do believe > that if you work harder > or smarter, you should be rewarded. What I am saying > is that reward > cannot extend into governance, because governance is > the providence of > the people governed. Maybe there never was a day > when these were really > twain, but today we're faced with the extinction of > the entire concept > of gov't of/by/for the people, and information is > the sword. > > > Bill > > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
