It's the classic case of jungle vs. zoo; do you wish to be taken care of, or do you wish to take care of yourself? Those who wish all evil on spammers are demonstrating a need to be cared for, while those (such as myself) who don't much care about spam have a great desire to not have a big brother- regardless of the claimed benefits of it.

I've never spammed, but if you think about it- it must be a great gig.. better than being a preacher, you can have multiple partners and don't have to wear a suit (hell, you can do your job in your underwear). If a spammer is an honest businessman, then why should anyone hate him? I didn't hear that the guy in question actually ripped anyone off (except maybe AOL for the bandwidth), so how could he be a criminal beyond that? I can understand charging him a reasonable multiple of the retail price of the bandwidth he appropriated if he did indeed steal it (as a tort), but how can spamming, in and of itself, be considered a crime in a society which claims to be free?

If you feel that your being inconvenienced is a crime then you're a plain and simple crybaby with a little excessive "self esteem"; who are you going to be crying about next week? The kid who's smarter than your kid? The boss that didn't give you the raise you felt you deserved? Old people without enough money to support themselves?

Mussolini made the trains run on time, or so it's said, and he was the result of sobbing and hand-wringing over issues that really didn't matter. If you're reading my words, you're among the luckiest humans who ever lived; grow up, ok? Get an email client that works, set up some filters. If you're too ignorant to do that, then you're incapable of offering an intelligent opinion on anything- your silence will be appreciated in the future. If you're just too busy to do that, then hire someone to do it for you- that's the American way, right? Or is the American way to incarcerate and kill (as some suggested) those who inconvenience us? If the second way sounds appealing, just remember that you may inconvenience someone too.

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