I couldn't agree more with Joe...this is just like the people that try to
censure TV shows.  Show that you can use your brain and decide what you will
view or not view by using the DEL key.  It's not that hard to tell if an email
is garbage or not.  I too get irritated by the influx of spam - but it is up to
the reader to open it or not.   So - don't!

Joe Geiser wrote:

> Joseph Rosenblatt asks:
>
> > I don't know the law covering listservers. I do know that on the public
> > airwaves you are not allowed to issue threats. It may be that some
> > discretionary body may decide to close down this list because of  the
> > threatening language used in some of the postings. Who knows? I don't
> > want to take the risk.
> >
> > Please stop all the pejorative! Please stop all the threats!
>
> Listservers are a public forum, and if someone says something here that is
> illegal speech in a public forum (defamatory, threatening, whatever), then
> it's not kosher here either.
>
> If someone threatens someone with their life, that's a threat that can be
> prosecuted.  If someone says anything that defames another, the speaker can
> be sued (it's written down here and easily printed).  If someone threatens
> to maliciously attack another site, that's a threat that can be prosecuted,
> either criminally or in a civil court (and if it's carried out, and the
> perpetrators are caught, it's definately criminal).
>
> People need to use their little DEL key, and not even read it.  The fact
> that the title is phrased as it is, says that it's Spam BS.
>
> Joe