Forbes Sympathizes with Poor, Abused Fax.com

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Forbes Sympathizes with Poor, Abused Fax.com

Posted by michael on Tuesday January 20, 2004 @10:29AM from the hanging's-too-good-for-them dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Forbes invites sympathy for Fax.com and other junk faxers who are apparently being victimized by 'a small army of plaintiffs, attorneys and self-appointed activists', and Forbes particularly takes aim at 'the high-tech ambulance chasers' whose offenses include providing 'step-by-step instructions on Internet sites, printable legal forms and names of attorneys who specialize in the trade' to individuals who've received illegal junk faxes and want to do something about it. Because of these nasties Fax.com is 'all but out of business' and Forbes seems to be worried that email spammers might share the same fate. Help, I think I've fallen into a parallel universe."

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Woah woah by Joe+the+Lesser · 2004-01-20 10:31 · Score: 5, Funny

Forbes Sympathizes with Poor

I totally misread *that* title.

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1. Re:Woah woah by djeaux · 2004-01-20 10:37 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Not just funny. This is a case where the grammar police should be flogging the editor with a soggy ramen noodle. I, too, read it as if Forbes was sympathizing with the poor & abusing fax.com.
  Must be time for bifocals & a cognitive transplant...
  
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2. Re:Woah woah by mdielmann · 2004-01-20 10:43 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  It gets worse. I was upset when I realized they hadn't abused Fax.com.
  
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He Sounds Like he's Serious by Greyfox · 2004-01-20 10:37 · Score: 4, Funny

Although it could be very dry sarcasm coupled with gloating. It could also be a call to arms disguised as a sympathetic article. Yanno, he wants to plant some seeds of ideas without actually coming across as a rabid anti-junk-fax Zealot kinda thing? He might also be on drugs. You know how it is... you go in for oral surgery, they give you some percocet and when you come down off the stuff you've run up a $10,000 pizza bill and published an article supporting one of the most detestable industries around?
Yeah I'd say those are the most likely scenarios...

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Note: by TheOnlyCoolTim · 2004-01-20 11:29 · Score: 5, Funny

This is the internet. You are allowed to say "ass."

Tim

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Re:Sent him information by NaugaHunter · 2004-01-20 12:57 · Score: 4, Funny

With that new worm going around they may not get your email, so why don't you fax them?

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Re:Sent him information by haggar · 2004-01-20 13:20 · Score: 4, Funny

For educational purposes only.

And educate we will :o)

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Why do you hate America? by Doc+Ruby · 2004-01-20 14:24 · Score: 4, Funny

Ashcroft's priorities:
1> Supressing threats to Republican hegemony
2> Raising money
3> Distracting Fatherland Security from Saudis in favor of Liberals
4> Could you repeat the question?

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