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Originally posted by CookieRevised
By calling one method (used by lycos) unethical they don't say the other method (used by spammers) is ethical. In fact _both_ methods can be considered unethical...
Yes, I wanted to say that sometimes our current view of ethics and such things has to be revised. Some things must be done in order to end another thing that is just as bad/even badder. See Iraq: US intervention was considered unethical but was still needed to end Saddam Husseins regime because he killed many thousands Iraqis. We can't just sit there and do nothing because it could be unethical; because this spamming is unethical too and has to get to an end, no matter how.
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
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Originally posted by AndreY
Of course Anti-spam companies are against fighting spam, they would without spam and probably even support spammers.
meant to be "Of course Anti-spam companies are against fighting spammers, they would die without spam; thus probably even support spammers."
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Let's send a B52 and drop some cluster bombs on the server-complex.
Hu? Illegal? Unethical? Why? It isn't a DDoS attack, isn't it?
lol thats a bit too drastic...a DDoS attack doen't destroy the server, it disconnects it from the internet by overflowing it. ..But, bombing spammy servers would be a good idea actually
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As I said, as we have almost no other way to fight the spammers, we must do something against them even if some innocent people are hit. The Lycos attempt to help solve the problem was a step in the right direction which should be continued.
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