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Spam Me!?, No, Spam You!
I mean, aren’t commercials and all advertising spam. If I’m watching my favorite episode of “Lost” and there is an interruption and I see some advertising for some product, isn’t that spam. It’s content administrator approved spam. Which means the people who brought me “Lost” approved it. Why am I giving these people so much power over what I need to see. What if something I really need to see isn’t approved by the people who brought me”Lost” and I miss out on crucial information for my life.
What about when I decide to go outside and walk around. Look at all the spam there (at least in New York). Billboards for anything and everything everywhere. I can’t even ride in a cab without an electronic “spam box” spewing spam at me.
I never asked to see these ads.
Who has control over that spam?
Do they really know whats best for me or do they just listen to whoever cuts the fattest check?
I get pre-approved credit card spam at my front door twice a week. Where is the real life Spam-assassin?
Spam is part of life no matter what name it goes by. The sad part is there is some great info out there beneficial to us but because of our spam over exposure and overload we will probably tune it out, leaving only the most wealthy spammers to get our attention, Coca Cola, Nike, McDonald’s, etc.. This happens with ideas too. Mental Spam. Religion. Trends. How many guys wore tight leather pants in the 80s and look back and say “What was on my mind”. I’ll tell you what, Fashion Spammers spammed you into believing in there trend. I see too many religious folk confused about there religious beliefs turning to me for answers and advice and I’m not religious. It’s a shame because there are lesser known and accepted beliefs that would make sense to a lot of people and help out a lot of people if they were exposed to it objectively.
Anyway, spam isn’t going anywhere. Matter fact we need spam. Spam regulation. There needs to be a third party spam governing body making sure all spam and advertising of public benefit gets to the people on the same level. Put the power back in the peoples hands to choose. Give the little guy a chance. He may change the history of mankind. He may have a lifestyle that decreases cancer by 90%. He may have a program to keep drugs off the street. He may have way to make prisons rehabilitation centers where felons become P.H.D lawyers with a 100% success rate (in actually this kind of program has already been started in NY but most people will never hear about it).
In closing, remember, listen to the little guy. 
My Green Mile
I was watching this incredible movie the other day and a couple of things came to mind.
#1 A question – If you were in a position to experience and know that someone you were dealing with was one of God’s miracles, like the way John Coffey was, but due to evidence in the court of law they were wrongfully guilty of a crime and sentenced to death to be carried out by you, would you carry it out or not in fear of being sentenced to damnation at the pearly gates?
I would not. No matter what the immediate cost to livelihood. But, I know a lot you still would deep down if it meant loss of status, home or personal peril.
For a lot of people the “here and now” means more than the “then and after”. I’m not trying to get religious or anything but I just think that this is an interesting perspective.
The other underlying message I got was how anti-death penalty the film was. I felt that point was very artistically executed. Anyway, Stephen King is genius like we didn’t already know that.