I'm asking for more rights, not restrictions (was Re: Antispam Bills: Worse Than Spam?)

[Justin]

Jim Choate (2003-08-03 04:35Z) wrote:

> By the way your commentary is a ad hominim attack and tends to weaken
> your argument.

ad homonym?

> Right to speak and press. People have a right to speak their mind and
> they have a right to use a press to spread it around.

But do they have a right to use my property to queue up bulk ads
that I'm stuck either reading or putting in the trash?

And how unreasonable is it for each such medium to have an opt-in
do-not-contact list?  Should it be legal to dump stuff on my doorstep or
in my mailbox even when I've clearly indicated I don't want any of it?
Why do they have the right to assume, "maybe he didn't know what he was
saying... maybe he wants *this* ad?"

It's obvious where that line of reasoning goes with another more heinous
crime.

-- 
Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit
crimes and do bad things.  They're also free to live their lives and do
wonderful things.   --Rumsfeld, 2003-04-11