On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
On Thursday, April 10, 2003, at 07:13 PM, J C Lawrence wrote:
What government?
The United States Government.
Most of the world is not American.
And how do you implement this for Cuba? Syria? Libya? Whoever else
America is not on speaking terms this week? What happens when
(inevitably) America chooses to use access to this database as a lever
to force it's access and content policies on the world?
How do you convince the world it won't try that? Not all e-mail users
like America, or trust America. that includes many americans.
As an (US) American, I'd hope that most of the world doesn't trust the
US Government, just as I don't trust business partners unless I have a
contract. I don't see why anyone should "trust" anyone, unless that trust
is enumerated or at least based on a sane and appropriate handshake
agreement based on prior dealings.
I want to see simple, agreeable steps. Like authenticated headers. Yes,
it is CPU time. I think those who care can suck it up. Those who can't,
or won't, are second class. Done deal, evolution in action, mail still
goes through. Anonymous remailers are respected and known for what they
are, spam houses are taken to task by other methods.
In any case, using US law as a tool for spam prevention is dumb. I don't
think law is a tool for spam prevention even in the US, but that's a
different discussion, which is debated by people far more eloquent and
time endowed than I am.
-j
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Jamie Lawrence jal(_at_)jal(_dot_)org
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
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