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OK, since you're now accusing me of misquoting you and i'm sure that i'm not, I want to be clear: We're not in agreement at all. I think you're now trying to re

OK, since you're now accusing me of misquoting you and i'm sure that i'm not, I want to be clear: We're not in agreement at all. I think you're now trying to rewrite what you said to make us in agreement. I was responding to the letter of what you wrote "they're criminals" and the spirit of what you wrote "they're boobs", and I don't think I misconstrued either. I'd further add that it's the "people who get it" vs the "people who don't" attitude of the OP that spurned my response, not the defense of accidental spammers.

peteforde 16y ago
Chad, I haven't changed a letter of the post since it first went up. You're referring to a paragraph where I am describing parasitic marketers that don't care about whether they are doing something wrong. In the very next paragraph, I say: "What of the accidental spammer, though? How do we break them of their regrettable bad habits? Can they be shown a better way?" I specifically stop to differentiate between the two very different personalities I'm discussing. If you are offended by my assertion that there are people who don't know that they are spamming, then yes — we disagree... and you haven't worked with the people in question. In Canada, spammers are criminals. Elsewhere, they're just selfish assholes. Some people mean well but don't know they are being assholes. I'm sorry if that bothers you, but chances are this article wasn't written for you.