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		RankingMember 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. senators introduce new pirate site blocking b... The ones that really stick in my craw are the 1984-esque ones like the PATRIOT act.

rkomorn 5 months ago [–]

CAN-SPAM was arguably well named but it unfortunately did not can spam. To me it always read like "oh so we CAN spam people".

JoshTriplett 5 months ago | [–]

Which is an entirely accurate interpretation.

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