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Reply to: Re:Why do you hate Runaway?

    (Score: 2) by nostyle on Tuesday May 31 2022, @07:50PM

    by nostyle (11497) on Tuesday May 31 2022, @07:50PM (#1249263)

    Since there seems to be confusion over my usage of the word spam, here is my working definition (others will likely have a better one):

    Spam is an incessant in-your-face offer to subscribe to or buy a thing (or concept) you do not want, nor need, nor potentially derive benefit from in its acquisition. It is a collosal waste of everyone's time and attention. It aims to swindle value from the foolish by misrepresenting the bankruptcy of whatever benefit it offers.

    ...which is reminiscent of this passage:

    Woe to those that deal in fraud,
    Those who, when they have to receive by measure from men, exact full measure,
    But when they have to give by measure or weight to men, give less than due.
    Do they not think that they will be called to account?

    Qur'an 83:1-4 (Yusuf Ali translation)

    --
    "Don't let the handshake and the smile fool ya" -The Undisputed Truth, Smiling Faces Sometimes

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