Re: [twuug] spam that scares me

["L. Gallegos" <jandl@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 3 Feb 2003 at 0:33, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> It's not just about $ expense.  Even if they PAID me to use my cell
> phone,
> I should not be solicited.  
> 
> I understand how ads are used for a passive broadcast medium like
> television and other similar media, but active media requires too much of
> my personal time and expense to have ads invade there.
> 

I don't disagree with you at all on whether you "should" be solicited.  I 
was just using existing law which takes into consideration the expense 
individuals incur with telemarketing.  At least with tv ads and junk mail, 
it is the marketer who pays for that delivery.  You get the mail, but you 
did not pay to mail it or receive it.  You get to watch television without 
having to pay to receive it, except for cable of course.  Now that's a 
point that galls me, too.  I pay for cable tv and have to watch 
commercials anyway.  I resent that, but I can at least turn it off, change 
channels or watch pbs.  I can't avoid spam without stopping email services 
or employing sophisticated controls and I can't stop telemarketers without 
stopping my telephone service or taking the time and effort to screen 
calls.  Junk mail is pretty easy to sort by comparison and takes little 
time, IMO.  It doesn't invade my life or hamper my life style.  
Telemarketers disrupt my life, as does spam.  Telemarketers wake me from 
sleep, disturb meals...  Spam forces me to accept hundreds of messages (as 
opposed to four or five pieces of junk mail easily seen).  I've had spam 
literally fill my mail box before I could download it, causing legitimate 
mail to bounce (out of town for a few days).  

However, as much as I would like to see it stop, I doubt that legislation 
will do the trick.  It's going to take a mass revolution by users, 
telephone/cell phone customers and ISPs to make anything work.  

My 2 cents.

Leah





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