[SpamCop-List] Re: Chris Rock Spam Solution

[Sofa King Tyred of Lar Ting]

Dorian Gray wrote:
> If I may answer on behalf of "Sofa King"...:

Thanks! My name may change to Sofa King tyred of making myself clear...

> He *doesn't* say that the people who buy from legit ecommerce sites are 
> no better that the people who buy spamvertised products.  This implies 
> that they are two different groups of people, and that's the opposite of 
> what he is saying.

Right.

> What SofaKing is saying is that the people who buy spamvertised products 
> *also* account for a large share of the legit ecommerce purchases.  So 
> getting rid of them from the internet will also hurt the sales of 
> amazon, ebay etc.

I will follow-up and say that I'm not sure about it being a "large 
share" - probably nobody knows for sure.

> I don't know if I agree with him, but that is what he is saying, and you 
> missed his point.  :)

:)

Do you agree if I cede on the argument about "large share" legit purchases?

Anyway, my reasoning was that someone who is bold (or stupid) enough to 
buy a generic viagra (or whatever spammers are pushing) from the net 
would not hesitate to use the net for a legitimate e-commerce 
transaction (a la Amazon). Concerns about trustworthiness is an 
important reason why e-commerce is not as big as was expected.

> Cheers.

Cheers!