Politicians Seek Spam Loophole

Steve B writes "An article in the Mercury News by Mike McCurry and Larry Purpuro (respectively heading an "advocacy management and communications software company" and a "political e-marketing firm") wraps the case for political spam in all the usual Mom-Flag-&-Apple-Pie cliches. They conclude with a cynical appeal for a special exemption, while condescendingly instructing anti-spammers that their efforts are "better focused on commercial e-mail" and painting spammer Bill Jones as a victim who made a few trifling mistakes."

Comments

Huh?

[suso]

I Can't understand what you're saying.

Re:Huh?

[suso]

You jerks. I figured you'd score me down. I was being serious. There was so much obscurity in the posted article that I couldn't understand the idea that you were trying to get across.

Preaching to Geek Choir for Money

[reallocate]

Slashdot is a commercial enterprise. A glorified BBS that preaches to the geek choir to increase its revenue. A very few people publish a very few pieces submitted to them. it's in OSDN's financial interest to deliberately fan the flames among this crowd.

We have know nothing -- but can infer a great deal -- about /.'s own editorial stance because the site lacks the courage to created Slashdot editorials.