Inappropriate Spam Reaching Children?

peeweejd writes "Wired has an article stating that four out of five children receive inappropriate spam e-mail touting get-rich-quick schemes, and almost half receive spam linking to pornographic materials. Should spammers be held responsible for the spams they send out? Can someone sue a spammer for offering to sell 'adult only' items/services to children?" There are more details from survey originator Symantec's press release - and yes, Symantec does sell mail filtering software.

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Re:my son can't even read yet, but gets spam

[hoggoth]

> Hell, my dog Nying still gets spam, and she had to be put to sleep earlier this year at the age of 13.

Wow. That's really odd. The spammers are sending advertisements to your dog, but, ha-ha, the funny thing is, hee-hee, they don't realize she is no longer alive, joke is on them!