Seems like everyone hates spam with a passion, except maybe the spammers themselves
well, i would have to disagree with you on this point.. i work at a web hosting company as the technical support manager, and handling abuse complaints falls into my realm of responsibility... and i have found that a significant number of first time spammers do not KNOW that spam is "wrong", and get quite upset that they were "taken" by companies that send bulk messages on their behalf. i had one gentleman send me an apology letter that actually made me feel sorry for him. he, and many other people on our network, have never been repeat spammers.
i know that there are many people out there who don't care, but we can't automatically assume that all spammers are evil. some of them are just ignorant.
There already is legislation making kiddie porn illegal even if it is just given the appearance of kiddie porn. That is, a young looking 18 year old wearing a junior high school shirt and pigtails in a pornographic act could be considered kiddie porn. I'd imagine that CG kiddie porn would fall under that.
However, not to be grotesque, but as of now, there isn't any legislation banning other kinds of CG porn. There's no reason why CG characters couldn't participate in a sexual snuff film, extreme mutilation, etc.
I've always considered myself to be a fairly open-minded person... but that crosses a line, I think. One part of me would vote to make CG kiddie porn as illegal as real kiddie porn... but the other (in a smaller voice) says "Why not? They're not hurting anyone by looking at CG?" Same thing goes for snuff/mutilation/other illegal nasty stuff.
I haven't been this disturbed by a comment on a slashdot story since.. er.. since ever. Thanks a lot, guys!;)
as a geekgirl with many medical problems, having online access to my medical records would be a godsend!
a bulletin board would also be an excellent idea. i would love to be able to post questions and have my doctor answer them. heaven knows how many questions i forget to ask when i'm actually at the office.:)
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Seems like everyone hates spam with a passion, except maybe the spammers themselves
well, i would have to disagree with you on this point.. i work at a web hosting company as the technical support manager, and handling abuse complaints falls into my realm of responsibility... and i have found that a significant number of first time spammers do not KNOW that spam is "wrong", and get quite upset that they were "taken" by companies that send bulk messages on their behalf. i had one gentleman send me an apology letter that actually made me feel sorry for him. he, and many other people on our network, have never been repeat spammers.
i know that there are many people out there who don't care, but we can't automatically assume that all spammers are evil. some of them are just ignorant.
There already is legislation making kiddie porn illegal even if it is just given the appearance of kiddie porn. That is, a young looking 18 year old wearing a junior high school shirt and pigtails in a pornographic act could be considered kiddie porn. I'd imagine that CG kiddie porn would fall under that.
;)
However, not to be grotesque, but as of now, there isn't any legislation banning other kinds of CG porn. There's no reason why CG characters couldn't participate in a sexual snuff film, extreme mutilation, etc.
I've always considered myself to be a fairly open-minded person... but that crosses a line, I think. One part of me would vote to make CG kiddie porn as illegal as real kiddie porn... but the other (in a smaller voice) says "Why not? They're not hurting anyone by looking at CG?" Same thing goes for snuff/mutilation/other illegal nasty stuff.
I haven't been this disturbed by a comment on a slashdot story since.. er.. since ever. Thanks a lot, guys!
- dev0n
he suggested the RIGHT side of the page for a navbar?
does he even know anything about how browsers work?
i don't normally comment on comments.. but i have to completely agree with you on that little rant. it's silly.
as a geekgirl with many medical problems, having online access to my medical records would be a godsend!
:)
a bulletin board would also be an excellent idea. i would love to be able to post questions and have my doctor answer them. heaven knows how many questions i forget to ask when i'm actually at the office.