FTC Declares Can-Spam a Success

TheSixth1 writes "ZDNet is reporting that the FTC announced in a recent report to Congress [PDF Warning] that the Can-Spam act is 'effective in providing protection for consumers.' The report boasts that the substantive provisions of the Act have mandated adoption of a number of commercial email "best practices" that many legitimate online marketers are now following. Second, the Act has provided law enforcement agencies and ISPs with an additional tool to use when bringing suit against spammers. The more than 50 cases brought to date by the FTC, the Department of Justice, state Attorneys General, and ISPs demonstrate CAN-SPAM's enforcement efficacy."

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Re:Don't forget what else the government does for

[a_nonamiss]

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Apparently you don't like freedom. You know, my grandfather went to war at age 9 and died so that you could have your freedom, and I for one don't appreciate your complete hatred for our freedom and liberty. You should wake up every morning and thank the good Lord for blessing us with all this freedom and liberty. The terrorists hate us because of the high amount of liberty that we possess, and all you can do is trash that liberty. You make me sick. You should move to a Europe where they don't have all of the freedom and liberty that we have here, then maybe you would truly appreciate what the great President is doing to make sure that our freedom is protected.
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Redefining marriage

[CustomDesigned]

This is a bit of a misrepresentation. Even under the most arch-conservative proposal, gays and lesbians are free to get married in the classic sense of one man, one woman. They are even free to do other things more in line with their lifestyle. What conservatives object to is redefining "marriage". They also want the freedom of speech to disapprove of the gay lifestyle while tolerating it. They believe that it is unhealthy - even more so than smoking. They resent gay promotions in the same way some resent cigarette ads and yet others resent liquor ads. And yes, they believe that a gay lifestyle (as opposed to homosexuality) is acquired behaviour. They sincerely believe that even a homosexual is better off avoiding a gay lifestyle.

You might disagree with them. You might sincerely believe that a gay lifestyle is healthier for a homosexual than celibacy or a warped marriage. You might feel that an individual should be able to choose to be gay or to drink or smoke regardless of the cost to the rest of society. But redefining terms is not helpful when it comes to scientific studies of how healthy or unhealthy various lifestyles are. It makes it hard to word the questionaires when you are looking for correlations. It makes it hard to even talk about the subject without both sides misunderstanding what the other is saying.