Spam Blackhole Lists Redux

tsu doh nimh writes "Are spam blackhole lists good, bad or indifferent? That appears to be the question they're tackling in this Washington Post story. It has some interesting back and forth between supporters of the lists and those who claim they condone censorship." J adds: Brad Templeton recently offered some comments on the most extreme pro-blacklist position.

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Re:It's not exactly counter...

[I'm a racist's.]

Kudos for simultaneously karma-whoring and slipping the words "nigger" and "porch monkey" into your post. I rarely see anyone pull that off.

I'm the man!

You're certainly a character- a racist with a degree in astrophysics- in fact you seem like you'd be an interesting person to know in real life.

I've got a few other degrees, in somewhat diverse fields, and more on the way. As for being interesting... I'm a biased source for that opinion.

I know you're only karma whoring

That's not necessarily the case. My journal entry mentions doing some karma whoring, and maybe I do a little, but no more than anyone else. I wrote that shortly after registering my account, and I may have been somewhat wrong. However, I will not remove/edit any of my journal entries... I just think it's more ethical to leave everything in its original form (even if I may have been mistaken). I'll readily admit if/when I'm wrong, and won't hide that fact (unlike a certain spook). As a general rule, I don't actively set out to karma whore. Nor do I typically intend to be a troll or to post flamebait.