# Have fun in the slammer, you sleazy-ass spammer

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 1, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-fun-in-the-slammer-you-sleazy-ass-spammer/237762 "2004-04-01T17:36:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-fun-in-the-slammer-you-sleazy-ass-spammer/237762/61 "2004-04-03T00:26:38Z")

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> [@kung fu lola](#):
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> Yeah, I hate Spam as much as the next person, but I hardly see how violating the lily-white sanctity of someone’s inbox with ads for crap they don’t need is a felony, when polluting the landscape with billboards of ads for crap no one needs is ok.
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> I’m all for tossing this guy in the Big House for fraud, but I hardly think it’s worthwhile to waste time on spammers at this moment in our history.

The difference is that billboards, and the land they reside on, are leased by the advertiser with the consent of the owner(s).

Conversely, e-mail spam is like someone sneaking onto your property in the middle of the night and installing a billboard or two in your back yard, and then charging you for the installation.

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