Comment Re:What spam? (Score 1) 510
This argument is flawed. Let us draw a parallel. Spam is irritating, frequently gross, and unsociable. Much like the common cold.
You've come up with a pretty much perfect way to block all the spam - in my parallel, you've stopped anyone from giving you a cold. Horray for you. Whether it's by wearing a mask, or injecting yourself with anti-bacterials... you've prevented anyone else from infecting you with this annoying bug. Further, you believe anyone who *doesn't* take this "existing and working" action to prevent getting the spam/cold, they're either lazy or stupid.
The problem is though - even if there is projection, it doesn't make it right for people to cough all over me (send me spam). I shouldn't have to go out in public wearing a suit with a self contained air supply to avoid catching a cold, and nor should I have to go to any lengths to avoid spam.
If you want to go back to sociology, then how about this... the big game of natural selection used to mean that if you engaged in anti-social behaviour, you'd get smacked for it... These days, spammers are coughing all over us (to go back to my analogy), and getting away with it. Let's focus on smacking them down, rather than picking on the poor guys getting coughed on.
You've come up with a pretty much perfect way to block all the spam - in my parallel, you've stopped anyone from giving you a cold. Horray for you. Whether it's by wearing a mask, or injecting yourself with anti-bacterials... you've prevented anyone else from infecting you with this annoying bug. Further, you believe anyone who *doesn't* take this "existing and working" action to prevent getting the spam/cold, they're either lazy or stupid.
The problem is though - even if there is projection, it doesn't make it right for people to cough all over me (send me spam). I shouldn't have to go out in public wearing a suit with a self contained air supply to avoid catching a cold, and nor should I have to go to any lengths to avoid spam.
If you want to go back to sociology, then how about this... the big game of natural selection used to mean that if you engaged in anti-social behaviour, you'd get smacked for it... These days, spammers are coughing all over us (to go back to my analogy), and getting away with it. Let's focus on smacking them down, rather than picking on the poor guys getting coughed on.
