{"id":591,"date":"2001-09-14T07:31:30","date_gmt":"2001-09-14T12:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=591"},"modified":"2001-09-14T07:31:30","modified_gmt":"2001-09-14T12:31:30","slug":"tragedy_attract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/09\/14\/tragedy_attract.html","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy attracts spammers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/eweek\/stories\/general\/0,11011,2812181,00.html\"><b>Tragedy attracts spammers<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Okay.  There are worst scum than those who turn a tragedy like this to their own ideological gain.  It&#8217;s those who turn it (and the compassion that wells up from it) to their own pecuniary gain.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s one thing for Messrs. Falwell and Robertson to spout their vitriol.  At least I can assume that it is heartfelt, if horrifically misguided, and respect it on that accord.  It&#8217;s quite another for people to exploit the charity and giving spirit and the desperate desire to do something we&#8217;re all feeling and try to make hay from it.<\/p>\n<p>These folks are the Internet equivalent of looters.  They should be shot on sight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tragedy attracts spammers Okay. There are worst scum than those who turn a tragedy like this to their own ideological gain. 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