[SpamCop-List] Re: Political spam -- a first for me

[D.F. Manno]

In article <c0thef$2bf$1 at news.spamcop.net>,
 Helgi Steindal <radstefnur at steindal.net.nospam> wrote:

> D.F. Manno wrote:
> 
> > 1) It's not _my_ political message.
> 
> That does not answer my question.  I am not asking if you have a political
> message to deliver

You asked me: "Do you think that the first amendment allows _you_ to 
exploit open proxies, open relays and/or trojaned boxen to send out 
_your_ political message?" (emphasis added). You're trying to insinuate 
that the reason I'm arguing against government prohibition of political 
e-mail is that I'm sending political e-mail. I'm not, and I wanted to 
make that clear. It's the principle I'm concerned with.

> I am asking if you believe that the constitution of the
> United States guarantees you the right exploit open proxies, open relays
> and/or trojaned boxen if it is done to deliver a political message.

Those are illegal activities, so of course the Constitution doesn't 
guarantee them. But that's not the point. If a political campaign sets 
up its own mail server or employs legitimate means of sending mass 
e-mail, then your question doesn't apply and the government has no 
authority to ban such e-mails.
-- 
D.F. Manno
dommanno at netscape.net
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