X-Message-Number: 23993 Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 02:33:24 -0700 Subject: Re: Spam is in the eye of the libertarian beholder From: Kennita Watson <> On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 21:13:43 -0600, "mike99" <> wrote: > ...But what Mr. Pagnato posts is not his opinion, but > rather messages forwarded from some political website or email list. > When > people than ask Mr. Pagnato to say something himself, in his own > words, he > never replies. In other words, he's just a conduit for political spam. > In > fact, Pagnato might not even exist: the name might be cover for > someone else > to re-post political spam. > > That kind of behavior violates the spirit of this group and every other > online discussion group.... If that is the case (i.e., Paul Pagnato is not an active subscriber but a passive spam conduit), Kevin ought to just delete his name without prejudice or guilt. can we then deep-six the ratings (which to my mind just add 2 lines of cruft to each digest message)? I can hope.... Live long and prosper, Kennita -- Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds. -- Bob Marley, "Redemption Song" Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23993