Date:	Wed, 25 May 1994 02:55:37 -1000
From:	zpmobley@trident.tec.sc.us
Message-Id: <1994May25.085537.983@pacs.sunbelt.net>
Organization: Trident Technical College
Subject: RE: ADVERTS ON THE INTERNET

In article <2rse71$cqi@anshar.shadow.net>, keogh@anshar.shadow.net (Matt Keogh) writes:
> [incredibly stupid advert for thigh cream deleted]
This has been posted on every newsgroup that I am subscribed to, including
groups supporting people who suffer from depression, victems of child/sexual
abuse, etc...  Using the net for this type of commersial venture rubs us all
wrong, and to post this here, or in comp.multimedia, is off subject and
improper, but to post such an advert to these support groups is viewed by many
as an insensitive invasion of one of the few places that these folks can feel
safe and cared about and not taken advantage of. 

An ever increasing number of us are performing a mass mailing to

>                              U.S. Health Inc.
>                          18524 NW 67th Ave. #311
>                           Miami, Florida  33015
>

stating that neither we nor anyone we can influence shall purchase any products
with these peoples name on it, or any other manufacturer who abuses the net 
with this kind of commercial crap.  Please join us. 

We are also emailing keogh@anshar.shadow.net (Matt Keogh) and telling him to
buy some radio time and stay the hell off of the net.  
________________________________________________________________________________
           "Hit 'em in the wallet....it's the only place they bleed!"


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Date:	Fri, 3 Jun 1994 20:00:07 -1000
From:	tomwolfe@aol.com (TomWolfe)
Message-Id: <2sp597$iuh@search01.news.aol.com>
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Subject: Re: ADVERTS ON THE INTERNET

In article <1994May25.085537.983@pacs.sunbelt.net>,
zpmobley@TRIDENT.TEC.SC.US writes:

> to post such an advert to these support groups is viewed by many as
an insensitive invasion of
> one of the few places that these folks can feel safe and cared
about and not taken advantage of. 


Expect to see more obnoxious ads like this one. A lawyer in Arizona
recently posted an ad offering the services of their firm (which I
will not name) to several hundred newsgroups
and mailing lists. The response was a massive flamewar directed at
the firm, including faxes
and attempts to hack their computer.

But this didn't deter them. They also received 20,000 legitimate
inquiries for their services.
Beleive it or not; they are now offering to teach other businesses
how to use the internet for
their junk mail!  :-(

- Tom Wolfe -


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