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From: dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us (Doug Philips)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: More on " Here's how to CONTROL YOUR JUNK MAIL"
Message-ID: <2388.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 20 Feb 91 13:07:21 GMT
References: <12339.27BC843F@fidogate.FIDONET.ORG>
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
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In article <12339.27BC843F@fidogate.FIDONET.ORG>,
	david.kaye@f111.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG (david kaye) writes:
> After following this thread a while I'm wondering why people are so
> bothered by junkmail.  Just throw it away.  When response drops low
> enough the mailer won't use the list you're on.  If every list drops
> low enough, it won't be economical to do bulk mail> and the major
> marketers will switch to magazines, broadcast, or go out of business.
> Such a worry about nothing...sheesh!

Have you any idea how many trees are destroyed to produce that paper,
how many toxic chemicals are used to bleach and color the trees and
how much of that material is not reusable nor recyclable.  How many 
cubic miles of landfil are being wasted?  The simple "Market will take
care of it attitude" has failed for long enough.

-Doug
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