Below is a letter I wrote to the following organizations:
S.H.U. (Spam-Haters Unanimous)
N.A.A.P.W.H.S. (National Association for the Advancement of People Who Hate Spam)
P.W.H.P.W.D.H.S. (People Who Hate People Who Don't Hate Spam)
P.F.W.S.H.I.A.L.C. (People for Whom Spam-Hating is a Lifestyle Choice)
S.A.P.W.R.R.R.H.S. (Society for the Advancement of People Who Really Really Really Hate Spam)
P.W.H.S.S.M.I.M.L.W.S.C.O.T.E. (People Who Hate Spam So Much It Makes Little Wisps of Steam Come Out of Their Ears)
And, of course: Spam Haters In The Business of Internet Resource Directory Services.
DEAR FELLOW SPAM HATERS,
I'm writing to suggest that we combine forces in order to present a common front in our righteous war on unsolicited commercial email:
Spam!
I suggest we disband the myriad sites and organizations now opposing unsolicited commercial email in order to form a single, unified organization:
The Spammish Inquisition!
And I further suggest we elect me, Linda Cox, as our leader. Our Grand Inquisatrix!
WHAT ARE MY QUALIFICATIONS?
You think YOU hate spam? You don't even know what hate is!
I hate spam so much that I... well, just a LOT! That's how much!
If I hated spam any more than I already do, I think my head would burst into flames and spin like a top! Can you say that?
Don't think so.
I don't mean to say that I don't hate other things too, like pedophiles and nazis and that drunk guy who backed over my cat when I was seven.
But spam... hooboy!
SQUISH 'EM LIKE BUGS!
I believe we should have a constitutional amendment allowing cruel and unusual punishment in the case of spammers. Maybe that tummy thing like the Japanese do when they get depressed.
As with drugs, mere possession of bulk emailing software should result in the immediate confiscation of the computer it was on, as well as any nice clothes, jewelry, or lawn statuary that might have been purchased with spam profits.
Just thinking about sending spam should be illegal, like joking about bombs in an airport. If I get to be Grand Inquisatrix, I'll have my own force of men-in-black dudes to sniff out spamsters and be really mean to them and call them names until they promise to be good little netizens again.
It's for their own good.
IN CLOSING...
Having looked at the websites of some of the anti-spam crusaders, I know that I am not alone in my revulsion, disgust and utter skin-crawling contempt for spam.
Like them, I have turned a blind-eye to more mundane problems like hunger, illiteracy, disease, country music and poverty so as to focus on the true menace ravaging our cyber-society.
If you wish to support my crusade, you may do so by sending me $99, and as a free gift I'll send you a CD with the email addresses of 40 million netizens eagerly awaiting news of your latest product or service.
Linda Cox, G.I.W. (Grand Inquisatrix Wannabe)
P.S. Oh yeah... stale croutons. Hate 'em.
About The Author
Linda Cox (J.A.M.G.) was born in a speeding stagecoach amid the screams of fellow passengers as insane, wild-eyed horses dragged them all crashing toward the brink of destruction. That stagecoach was the planet Earth, those passengers were the human race, and Linda Cox is Just Another Marketing Guru. (The horses were just regular horses.) http://www.lindacox.com/
shuttle to Midway Beardstown .. Lockport Chicago limo O’HareVery often SPAMMERS take advantage of catch-all email setup on... Read More
The first thing I do every morning when I wake... Read More
Google is engaged in a war. It is a war... Read More
The lifeblood of the spammer is email. They need to... Read More
Before we start getting deep into the meat of this... Read More
Spammers get email addresses from web pages using programs called... Read More
Junk mail works. Why does it work? How does it... Read More
Until recently, spam has been an annoyance, a definite load... Read More
Why is someone from India, Africa, or elsewhere writing you... Read More
Am I Just Being Paranoid Or Are The Robots Out... Read More
A Privacy Policy can be defined as the policy under... Read More
They're sneaky. And stealthy. They're quiet and mostly unobtrusive, but... Read More
This review is taken DIRECTLY from a piece of "junk... Read More
With the number of spam filtering solutions increasing each week... Read More
Are you getting too much spam? We all are, but... Read More
Why do so many people think I need to take... Read More
How would you feel if you found a link on... Read More
We receive so much information on the Internet, especially via... Read More
Spam filters are responsible for deleting a high percentage of... Read More
Spam. Those annoying, time-consuming emails that clog your Inbox and... Read More
The harmful affects of pornography use and addiction are well... Read More
I must be the luckiest person alive! My inbox is... Read More
Over the past few years you've all become familiar with... Read More
In 1998, nearly 10% of all email traffic on the... Read More
You just sat at your desk, opened your email account... Read More
Green Bay Hummer H2 SUV rentals ..I. BACKGROUNDThe CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Controlling the Assault of... Read More
As the flood of spam increases end users are looking... Read More
Effectively stopping spam over the long-term requires much more than... Read More
1. Ignore Spam EmailDo not open an unsolicited email. Spammers... Read More
We all hate spam and get way too much of... Read More
Are you getting too much spam? We all are, but... Read More
You're not alone!Who hasn't surfed the web looking for information... Read More
If you are buried in SPAM then you're not alone.... Read More
Death by spam is now possible with a new device... Read More
Even being as careful as possible with my email address,... Read More
Do you like spam? No, I'm not kidding. Everybody knows... Read More
In 1998, nearly 10% of all email traffic on the... Read More
Spam is everywhere. It's the "in-box lunch meat" nobody likes,... Read More
The temptation among internet marketers to SPAM is greater than... Read More
In today's spam-filled email world, it's sometimes VERY difficult to... Read More
With SPAM being such a problem it might seem the... Read More
When you go to your mailbox and find pieces of... Read More
About a month ago I had the privilege of giving... Read More
If you're anything like me, you're pretty sick of it,... Read More
Am I Just Being Paranoid Or Are The Robots Out... Read More
Below is a letter I wrote to the following organizations:S.H.U.... Read More
One of our Australian clients sent out a campaign using... Read More
While the Federal Trade Commission is busy fighting over definitions... Read More
Email is the quintessential business communication tool, so when it... Read More
Do you get bounced, or rejected emails sent by someone... Read More
Spam Blocking |