C'punks, On Tue, 15 Feb 1994, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
I'm not convinced they would; perhaps it is time to start exploring this assumption. Digital postage solves the problem that it becomes expensive for someone to flood a mailing list or a newsgroup with 10,000 annoying messages. But all it does is disenfranchise the poor; the rich would still be able to make themselves a nuisance. How do you defend against someone like Detweiler if he has the resources of a Donald Trump, or a Bill Gates?
Ever notice how few mail bombs we get from Trump or Gates? Maybe the rich are rich because they've learned self-restraint. Bet you dollars to donuts that LD doesn't have a pot to pee in or a window to throw it out. S a n d y P.S. Oops! Broke my own pledge, sort of. Okay, I'll climb back on the wagon.