TELECOM Digest OnLine - Sorted: Re: Hanging Up On Wireless Spam

Re: Hanging Up On Wireless Spam

Fritz Whittington (f.whittington@att.net)
Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:59:52 -0600

On or about 2004-12-22 00:31, Steve Sobol whipped out a trusty #2
pencil and scribbled:

> T. Sean Weintz wrote:

>>> what's next; SPAM deliveried to your TV via your cable box?

>> Um, isn't that what commercials are?

> This comment demonstrates a basic misunderstanding of what spam
> is. Spam is not 'advertising I don't like'. The defining
> characteristic of spam is that it is an attempt by the advertiser to
> shift advertising costs onto the recipient, and when was the last time
> you were forced to pay for someone's television or radio ad?

<snip>

Every time you buy a product that is advertised on TV or radio, some
fraction of the price you pay goes to paying for those ads. Even if
you buy a bottle of "generic" aspirin at a 7-11, some fraction of the
price you pay goes towards 7-11's ads. You'd almost have to live on a
desert island and be completely self-sufficient to not ever pay
something for advertising. (But then, of course, you probably
wouldn't have radio or TV anyway.)

Fritz Whittington

"Build a man a fire and he will be warm for the rest of the night. Set
a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life." -- Unknown

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