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TERRY CHADWICK <tbchad_at_tbchad.com> WROTE:
> But I've learned, through countless exchanges like
> those that have gone on here recently, that spammers
> don't want to listen, don't want to learn, and don't
> care if they alienate 95% or more of the people that
> they spam.
You've identified half the problem. Spammers don't want
to listen or learn, but anti-spammers don't want to
either. When I use the term anti-spammer, I'm not
talking about the average Joe who basically hates spam
but not to an extreme, which is the largest (albeit
least vocal) group of netizens. I'm talking about
people who view all e-mail (even that sent to them
personally as opposed to a form letter or something
clearly sent to thousands of people) from people they
don't know as spam (even though they themselves have
more likely than not benefitted from sending and/or
receiving such personalized b2b e-mail), those who
think spammers deserve to suffer severely and that they
should be the ones to punish them, et al.
Essentially, what we've got is a debate, a simple and
potentially beneficial thing if done right.
Unfortunately, though, instead of each of the debaters
taking turns and rationally speaking their minds, then
listening to the other party, people are simply
shouting at each other from across the room and not
listening to what anyone else is saying. The words get
jumbled up and merely get lost in the crowd. They might
as well just be in separate rooms because the result
would be the same: nothing is going to change.
Those of you who want spam to continue, which I assume
is a very small but vocal segment of the internet -
inclusive of both spammers and anti-spammers (if it
continues, spammers have a way to do business, however
unethical it may be considered, and anti-spammers have
a cause to fight for, something many people inherently
love to do) - should just keep doing what you're doing.
As long as everyone ignores everyone else, there will
never be any sort of resolution of differences.
Communication is a two way street. In order for it to
be effective, both sides need to be willing to learn,
grow, and often even accept some of what the other side
has to say rather than simply dismissing it in its
entirety. If you can't accept at least some of what the
other person is saying, the concept of progress becomes
foreign. If it's really progress you want, as opposed
to some sort of faux victory, that's something to
consider.
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Received on Tue Aug 15 2000 - 12:12:24 CDT
