In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ivan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>Ron Guilmette wrote,
>
>>If the truth be told, he is not entirely fond of me either (and I'm at
>>best ambivalent about him), but regardless of all that, I think that the
>>message that started this sub-thread contained the first instance that
>>*I* have ever seen where anyone other than a dyed-in-the-wool spammer has
>>accused him of being trigger-happy. He isn't, and that's all there is to
>>it.
>
>Oh no, by accusing the RBL Vixie scheme of being trigger-happy I have outed
>myself as a dyed-in-the-wool spammer.
No. But you _have_ outed yourself as one of innumerable whiners who want
to claim that they have some sort of God-given right to make a buck (even if
only indirectly) via spamming, and one who is willing to shave the truth a
bit in order to try (unsuccessfully) to paint yourself as a totally innocent
victim.
You hosted spammer drop-boxes. Also, you didn't respond to complaints about
the activities of your users. You got caught with your hands in the cookie
jar, so then a *lot* of other somones (in particular, all of the network
admins who use the RBL) whacked you for it. Deal with it. Get over it.
But above all, STOP WHINING. If people don't want your packets (e.g. be-
cause you are behaving like an uncooperative s**t-head) then they don't
want your packets, and they *don't* have to accept them. You own _your_
equipment, and they own their's. Which part of this do you not understand?
>Sounds a bit like a Macarthyite approach to me.
Sounds more like African-Americans refusing to ride on busses at all (if they
are only allowed to sit in the back) to me!
Call it what you will. A blacklist, a boycott, or just an organized protest.
You can attempt to apply any damn label you want to it... and it seems that
you will... but _that_ is just your attempt to shift focus away from the set
of ethics (if they could be called that) that you use to run your business.
Let's stick to the subject, shall we? The subject was you, and the ethics
(or lack thereof) of your business practices.
-- Ron Guilmette, Roseville, California ---------- E-Scrub Technologies, Inc.
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