In the interests of upgrading the quality of cheap shots in CyberSpace, I thought I would pass along the following as an example of how to 'finesse' a cheap shot.
Shouting Ground Technologies, Inc. is concerned about the increased abuse of the internet with "spamming". In this instance, we find ourselves in a dilemma. * We do not condone any improper use of the internet, including spamming. * We respect the right of privacy of individuals, and the right to conduct lawful business unhindered. ... In the past few days we've received a lot of complaints about the inappropriate messages. Several people have demanded that we take immediate action. A couple were very critical that we did not cut their internet access immediately. ... So people are in effect suggesting that we * Unilaterally violate the terms of their service contract, subjecting us to liability for their lost business. * Violate their right to privacy by filtering and reading all of their e-mail and news traffic.
Presumably we would have the same culpability for all of our clients, so we'd have to read everybody's e-mail before passing it on. We suspect that anybody that wants to be treated that way already has service with Prodigy.