On 2010-01-02 at 22:23:25 -0500, Celejar wrote: > What's wrong with using technical solutions to solve social problems? > Isn't that what things like spam filtering are all about?
I wouldn't call spam filtering a "solution" to the spam problem. spam still exists and still gets through, though not as often as the spammers would like. I saw a piece of spam posted to this list just yesterday. As long as there is sin in the heart of man, there will be spam. :-) Likewise, any technical "solution" to a social problem is not really a solution but a management technique. It can't really solve the problem, only manage it. It gets down to "why do people do this?" There are two possibilities: ignorance and arrogance. Ignorance can be fixed through education. Arrogance cannot. If people are doing it because they are lazy, or to be obnoxious, you can't fix that through education. That's a heart issue. And a certain amount of it will get through no matter what technical "solution" is tried. That's my two cents worth. Cheers, Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
