Digital Bill of Rights
Bob Allisat
bob at fcn.net
Fri Nov 20 20:03:37 UTC 1998
James, I feel it is important to
reply to your reasoned article with
an equal response. Mr. Fowler wrote:
> [Fowler, James] Bob, Yes you do have the right to e-mail
> anyone you want. I can refuse e-mail from anyone I want. This is
> the same for the US postal service. If I choose not to accept
> e-mail from you, then you don't get a real say in the matter. The
> RBL is a voluntary list. i.e. your network is used for Spam, one
> can not get off of your Spam list, they document what they have
> done, then add your address to the RBL. it is punishment for you
> not respecting the rights and requests of others not to send Spam,
> so we (RBL Users) have a right not to accept Spam. This is NOT
> envelope steaming, this is looking at the address from who it was
> sent from and then stopping the e-mail from going further.
>
> It is MY company's network, My company's storage system,
> My company's connection, My company's money paid for all of this.
> My company CAN choose who we want to use our services.
>
> Your attitude, "Welcome to the digital age. Here is 2000
> pieces of Spam for you. Thanks for the use of your bandwidth and
> storage." This is not right. It would be like someone going to
> your house, walking in, going to you fridge, getting a drink, and
> using your phone and watching your TV, without your permission.
> Is this what you really want? This list is a group of people who
> have wasted too many hours in trying to get people like you to
> listen and please stop the spamming, but it takes a discussion /
> Flame mail to do this. Why?
Mail is mail is mail in my opinion.
And what you do on a *private* server
is your own business. Once that server
opens for general public usage the
obligation is to simply deliver the
god-damned mail. Not snif or steam or
read the addresses to see if they are
kosher. We have our rights and freedoms
in a civil society. One day they will
be integrated into our laws and various
constitutions. Until then I guess
Public ISPs will continue to get away
with abuses.
In my opinion all this RBL nonsense is
vastly more destructive in the long
term than a few ad e-mails. You may
agree to disagree. That too is your
right. However you still may not block,
manipulate or deny any mail directed at
me. *UNLESS* I explicitly give you that
permission. Otherwise - buzz of boys.
You're treading on dangerous ground.
Bob Allisat
Free Community Network _ bob at fcn.net . http://fcn.net
http://fcn.net/allisat _ http://fcn.net/draft
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