-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wednesday 23 August 2006 18:35, Marc Shapiro wrote: > >> I'm not sure what you're trying to say with this post. I never said >> that you, or any of the rest of us from the U.S. should be shameful of >> our country. I also don't think that Brazilians need to be shameful of >> THEIR country. I DO think that you should not be slamming INDIVIDUAL >> Brazilians for what you PERCEIVE of the Brazilian NETWORKS. > > Well, can you blame the perspective at all? If your only contact, to date, > with Brazil or Brazilians, is via spam, would you expect that person's > perception of Brazil and it's people be positive? Spam is a PR and tourism > issue that governments should be aware of as much as any other diplomatic > factor.
Sure I can. Spammers are a tiny group of people, and the ISPs who allow spam are also run by a small number of people. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE7RBrS9HxQb37XmcRAtdFAJ0WCs0JaXLONI5OebXi9P938gn6+QCdFe0W 4q08EGD+mDVhkFxlH2h1LWg= =NfFA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]