Senate passes antispam bill

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Suprised? Not hardly.

``This bill does not stop a single spam from being sent. It only makes that spam slightly more truthful. It also gives a federal stamp of approval for every legitimate marketer in the U.S. to start using unsolicited e-mail as a marketing tool. Congress has listened to the marketers and not to consumers, and we have no faith that this law will significantly reduce the amount of spam that American Internet users recieve.'' -- Scott Hazen Mueller, CAUCE Chairman

Of course, is this really any surprise to anyone? As lon as we continue to elect (or in the case of Dubya, as long as the Supreme Court countinues to appoint) representatives who are in the back pocket of corporations, nothing is ever really going to get done.

I wonder what it would be like if rape were like opt out - every guy was granted at least one shot at ripping off a woman's clothes until/unless they were asked to stop. Does anyone feel any less violated by congress's marketer-friendly 'opt out' policy?

Posted by: worknman   Posted on: 11/25/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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