[mr.pink]

Lousey analogy.

A better one might be the old burning bag of dog doo on the old lady's front porch, not done once a year or so, but done dozens of times each day.

The old bat would be in the right to get plenty pissed.

Spammers are abusers who's level of annoyance may in the end prove a means by which the gov gains regulatory control of email.

[Technogeeb]

A better one might be the old burning bag of dog doo on the old lady's front porch, not done once a year or so, but done dozens of times each day.

Even that analogy is inadequate. Assume the kids have stolen the old lady's purse in order to buy the paper bag and you get a bit closer. There is more than the annoyance factor; there is also the fact that spam results in billions of dollars in theft-of-services.