Spammers should be taken out. They are some of the lowest forms of life.
You didn’t finish the thought:
Spammers should be taken out — AND SHOT!!!
Truth is, large parts of the Internet are at the mercy of the spammers - especially the Russians. I call it an uneasy truce to avoid a war. The spammers are many times the same guys that run the botnets, that can generate crippling traffic and denial of service attacks. So ISPs and providers are stuck filtering the mail, not attacking the sources outright.
Attack of the Bots
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/botnet.html
Handcuff them to telemarketers and throw them in the ocean.
Sheesh.
Somebody needs to go back to basic grammar courses.