Am 05.05.2022 um 04:38 schrieb Joe Zeff <joe(a)zeff.us>:
I've been on this list for over a decade, and recognize his name. However, spam is
spam and even somebody like Daniel can slip.
Can a person's individual qualification and honor count whether the general rules
apply or not?
If one takes the principles of freedom and equality seriously, obviously not.
Is a relentlessness here always conducive and useful to preserve and strengthen these
principles? Certainly not, as many examples from big politics show, and also this example
on a smaller scale. The book, from a known qualified source, can strengthen the
users/readers and thus the principles.
So it is at least a dilemma, not clearly solvable and a question of weighing. And any
harsh judgments are inappropriate and a no-go.
And is it a commercial at all? If all commercials were this informative and short, I could
get used to loving commercials. Neither in style nor in content is it a commercial.
Is it a commercial because there's a price tag on it? At least it is commonly priced.
And do we even care about price tags? Without any qualm we refer users to youtube videos.
That's where we get our users to pay a price even without a price tag, with their
data. Can we trust these companies? We pretty much know we can't. Does that stop us?
Obviously not.
And because of a (not advertising text style) factual information with clear costs such an
excitement? That doesn't fit at all in an overall context.