On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 08:26:53 +0800, Old Nick wrote:
On 22 Jun 2004 17:35:18 GMT, Dave Hinz vaguely
proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:

It is? Never heard the term, ever, in the last dozen years.

errrrrrrrrr....it woz a joak.....

Ah, I thought you were just inventing a term on the spot and presenting
it as something that exists. I suppose it was you saying so that gave
me that impression.

Whining about (and quoting) spam in a newsgroup doesn't stop 'em,
and quoting it helps 'em. So, why not report it through spamcop or
directly instead, which actually has a positive effect in stopping
them? Same effort, much different results.

I ****ing do.

That's great to hear. Oddly inconsistant with you helping the
spammer by reposting it, though.

I DON'T reply to the many spams that come here, except
in this one case. I replied to this one. When I tried to get people to
DO somethong about it, last time, all I had was jerkoffs like you
having a mudsling and saying that it didn't matter.

Where specifically did I say it didn't matter? Sounds out of
character for me (translation: not bloody likely).

I was not
"whining", ****. I was trying to get some action, as best I knew how.

So your best idea on how to stop spam from propegating is to quote
it in entirity, bypassing the cancel messages and/or filters that
have blocked it from doing so? May I suggest you do some reading on
the topic, as your approach seems fundamentally flawed.

**** YOU ARSEHOLE. FILTER THAT!

Oh, that's easy, unless you're in the habit of changing your
posting name to evade killfiles.

Obviously you don't have the spine to admit that quoting spam
was a mistake that you made, and move on. So much easier to say
"Yeah, you're right, what was I thinking", or at least to just
not do it any more. But no, you choose to go on the offensive
when you've clearly got nothing to work with.