Webwork - 6:39 pm on Jul 23, 2008 (gmt 0)

Jail time should relate to the total time wasted by humanity "handling" the spam attributable to the spammer being sentenced. A spammer should not be heard to complain about losing the time of his life to jail when the spammer has sentenced millions of others to wasting their time at desks, clearing their inboxes.

The judiciary needs to get a better handle on the price paid by victims of spam. It's their most precious possession = the time of their life, being abused, trashed, wasted dealing with spam.

The courts and legislature need to stop pussyfooting around with this abuse of humanity. Make the sentence "fit" the crime. Time in jail for time costs imposed on others. If that means a life sentence I'm sure the total time will be a tiny fraction of the time everyone else "lost to the crime".

"Time served for time stolen". That's the crime of spam. Stealing time. It's precious. Make the penalty fit the crime.