# Spammer Justice

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spammer-justice/442880>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 27, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spammer-justice/442880 "2008-03-27T02:56:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spammer-justice/442880/1 "2008-03-27T02:56:36Z")

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I’ve always said, “There is no justice except death”, however…  
[This news article](http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/03/17/spammer-may-spend-a-quarter-century-in-jail) about a spammer who may face 25 years in jail proves to me I don’t have erectile dysfunction.

I’d like to take this opportunity to mention an excellent aid for HTML writers. If you have a web site I suggest you use this [E-mail Link Obfuscator](http://www.ianr.unl.edu/email/encode/) to cut down on the amount of spam you receive.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spammer-justice/442880/2 "2008-03-27T08:01:30Z")

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Unless he’s spending his sentence covered in honey and staked out on a fire ant hill (fire ants are at least 400% more painful than regular ants) it’s not true justice. I don’t like fire ants, but I REALLY don’t like spammers.

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**Author:** ![MrJackboots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MrJackboots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrJackboots)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spammer-justice/442880/3 "2008-03-27T08:27:27Z")

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Eh, I still think I prefer [the Russian approach](http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2005/07/26/russian-spammer-found-murdered).

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spammer-justice/442880/4 "2008-03-27T11:43:03Z")

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I’vae always favored an apology letter for every spam sent written by hand (perhaps in blood)

Brian

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spammer-justice/442880/5 "2008-03-27T23:12:38Z")

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[QUOTE=MrJackboots]  
Eh, I still think I prefer [the Russian approach](http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2005/07/26/russian-spammer-found-murdered).  
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I can’t officially endorse such a thing. However, I will not be shedding any tears for that spammer.