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Killing spammers “for the kids!”
(Again, at Smirk's house, as Casa New Jersey is still without Internet [1])
I just had this idea, both wonderful and terrifying while wading through the
throngs of spam infesting my inbox promising to increase my mortgage by three
inches.
The perception I get (and I'm feeling too lazy to do any real research on
this) is that a lot of recent legislation has been passed “for the children”
or to “protect our kids” from various nefarious minions out there wanting to
harm them. And above all, we must protect our kids from S-E-X. To keep them
innocent, you know.
So here I am, looking at the umpteenth “Guarantee 15 mins Longer with V1@gRa”
spam, and the idea suddenly hits me—go after spammers “for the kids!” Who in
their right minds would want precious Isabella and Christopher to sully their
innocent eyes with email that has a subject line of “Raise ejaculation
volume” or “Boost up your erection!” or even “H0t Teen L3sbi@n S3X!!!!!!!”?
Go after these villainous scofflaws for violating the sanctity of our
children's eyes (not to mention their tabula rasaesque minds) and maybe we
can reclaim our email as well.
And that's why it's so scary—because this might very well work and embolden
even more draconian laws “for the children.” Or worse, spammers will adapt
and starting shilling DVDs of Barney and the Teletubbies.
Shudder.
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