Re: Reporting Spam in Google Groups

Sean O'Hara <seanohara@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:657rsnF2ef1piU1
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> In the Year of the Earth Rat, the Great and Powerful Gutless 
> Umbrella Carrying Sissy declared:
>> "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>> news:3tDGj.22700$0o7.2855@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
>> 
>>> Alan Erskine wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> The Google Team
>>> Im other words, they don't know what Usenet spam means. 
>>>
>> Heh. They know. What they don't is *care*.
>> 
> 
> But it's Google!

Indeed.

> They can do no evil. That's even their corporate 
> motto.

Er, no. Their motto is an admonishment to do no evil. It says nothing 
about actually following that advice.
> 
> Well, okay, supporting the Great Firewall of China.
> 
> And extensive use of trore invasive tracking cookies. company with 
> even more invasive tracking cookies.
> 
> And scanning your email messages so they can better target ads to you.
> 
> And attempting to create a universal check-out system so they can 
> monitor everything you buy at every online store and even better 
> target ads at you.
> 
> And paying Dell to install software on new computers to redirect bad 
> URLs to a page full of Google Adsense ads that "suggest" alternatives.
> 
> But other than that, not evil.
> 
Doesn't their corporate culture include a lot of "jokes" about conquering 
the world? Not all moral systems would consider conquering the world to 
be evil, you know. They'll conquer us for our own good.

-- 
Terry Austin
"Dude, we're all your bitch, but only Ken's wearing the juice."
                                           - tussock

"Just throw a rock, and what screams will probably be a moron."
                                           - Elvis (no, not that Elvis)