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I too don't want to see any body, least of all the US government,
policing the internet.

People talk about individuals taking a stand but the weaknesses of the
internet are plain to see. People can impersonate others, can cause
rift and discontent. We've seen on this list just how many people can
hide behind aliases, or post with bogus addresses in the forlorn hope
that they won't get spammed. I continue to believe that the only real
answer is to have moderated member only mailing-lists with strict checks
on who joins. We can't trust anybody on public newsgroups anymore. And
we will have to pay for the privilege of using these facilities as well,
as the cost of checking validity and content of emails and attachments
is not insignificant.

I even have a facility available to me now where I can have a different
email address for each group that I belong to, which means I can tell
which group has been monitored for spamming purposes. GREAT! But it
can't stop the abuse of my email address. Other people can post in my
name, and can send me unsolicited correspondence. It is an offence to
publish pornographic material, but I doubt if anybody on the internet
has not received some at one time.

And as to the US government ...

I'm afraid that the recent actions of governments and politicians have
forced me to revise my ideas of people I can trust.

In descending order

Car salesmen
Real-estate agengies
Journalists
Politicians
The US government

But I don't want to start a political debate.

Regards

Malcolm

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailtowner-informix-list@iiug.org]
On Behalf Of Brad Kunkel
Sent: 30 April 2004 18:00
To: informix-list@iiug.org
Subject: Re: admin: can this disgusting stuff be deleted?


"Captain Pedantic" <theharlequin36@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:c6rino$f8p8p$1@ID-162943.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> You've really grasped the senescence of this internet thingy, haven't
> you Brad? Perhaps the United States government should be policing it
> ....?
>

Unfortunately Captain, that time is coming if individuals do not take a
stand.

--
Brad Kunkel
Integrated Business, Inc.

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