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kpatzMY HEAD A SPLODEPremium
join:2003-06-13
Manchester, NH | Is SCAMMING protected under free speech? Sure, we have a right to free speech, but when that "speech" is full of blatant lies and downright scams, at what point do you draw the line?
SPAM is not like TV advertising or junk mail. Paid advertising is primarily legitimate businesses advertising their products and services. SPAM is 99.999% crap. 419 scams, illegally distributed prescription drugs, malware pushers, phishing attempts, yadda yadda. Anyone who buys anything from a spammer/replies to spam/opens spam attachments are asking for trouble. We have a right to free speech, and a right to not have 500 scams, phishes, and other ILLEGAL stuff pushed on us every time we check our email.
If someone started handing out "Free Herbal Viagra" flyers in town square, they would (hopefully) end up in jail, 1st amendment or not.
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cbs228Geeks Of The World, Unite
join:2000-09-04
Saint Louis, MO | said by kpatz:Paid advertising is primarily legitimate businesses advertising their products and services. I disagree. The last time I watched television, I saw commercials for products like Enzyte—whose founder was recently convicted for multiple counts of fraud. I also saw ads for pawn shops, gold and precious metal buyers (can anyone say "fence?"), payday and title loan sharks that charge anywhere from 212% to 911% interest in an attempt to trap consumers into mind-boggling debts, and an entire smorgasbord of products of dubious usefulness. Advertisers—even the ones with national viewership—are a peculiar breed of people who will do anything to make a buck—just like the people who advertise with them.
Freedom of speech issues should be taken very seriously, but advertising snake-oil products or non-existent services constitutes fraud and should be dealt with as such.
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