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Spammer Fined $2,000 Plus Costs in Washington
berniecase writes "The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that Jason Heckel, of Salem, OR, has been ordered (on summary judgment, no less) by King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North to pay $98,000 for sending spam to Washington state residents. Heckel's lawyers say they'll appeal on the basis that Washington's law violates the constitutional protection of interstate commerce."
I find this entire war on spam to be nonesense. Suing someone for sending spam to a state where it is illegal is complete hogwash. It would be as if one state made television commercials illegal and a person happened to pick up a frequency comming from another state. There is also no way to know if a resident is from washington or not. Someone sending an advertisement to a hotmail address or such would not know wether they live in one state or another or china or greenland. Personally I have a fealing this whole case will be thrown out of court.
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Good God, don't get me started. I have a strong feeling that the social breakdown in North America is largely due to that fact. Women's lib, minority rights, etc.. etc.. Sure we all have rights, but if the rights of the few cancel the rights of the many, there's a BIG problem.
How many times a day do you subconsciously think and not say or do things because it MAY offend somebody and it MAY not be politically correct? It makes me ill. I'm not talking about blatant disregard for others, just minor shit.