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From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow)
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Subject: Re: Chain Letters... Why are they Illegal?
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Date: Fri, 3-May-85 11:53:24 EDT
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Posted: Fri May  3 11:53:24 1985
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> 	Would someone please explain why chain letters are illegal.
>   I don't see why they are any more of a nuisance than junk mail.

The inconsistency is not that chain-letters are illegal, but that junk
mail is legal. Saturation direct-mail advertising ought to be the only
crime punishable by death. :-)

					Jeff Winslow