ternet users to "watch out!"

They of course mailed their friends, who mailed their friends, who... you get the idea.

So I have proof positive that the law of reactionary physics as the scientists perceive it is all wrong!

There is NO "equal reaction" on the internet

One law of physics tells us that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Well I'm here to tell you that, in the case of the internet, that is all wrong.

There is nothing "equal" about the reactions of internet users!

You know what I mean if you've ever, for example, received an email from a friend (who received their email from a friend of a friend...) telling you "you may have a vir*us on your computer." These emails generally include instructions on how to remove some vital piece of necessary programming from your operating system - something no sensible person would ever do without investigating first.

Then... a few minutes or hours later, you get a second email, only this one is an apology. Your friend is embarassed but willing to admit that he/she was duped and now has in his/her possession proof that the above WAS all "just a hoax."

In the meantime, the first email caused a "gut reaction." The receivers of the first initial email, again without investigation, freaked out and, wanting to make sure THEIR friends didn't suffer a similar fate, emailed a whole new set of internet users to "watch out!"

They of course mailed their friends, who mailed their friends, who... you get the idea.

So I have proof positive that the law of reactionary physics as the scientists perceive it is all wrong!

There is NO "equal reaction" on the internet -

er, for example, received an email from a friend (who received their email from a friend of a friend...) telling you "you may have a vir*us on your computer." These emails generally include instructions on how to remove some vital piece of necessary programming from your operating system - something no sensible person would ever do without investigating first.

Then... a few minutes or hours later, you get a second email, only this one is an apology. Your friend is embarassed but willing to admit that he/she was duped and now has in his/her possession proof that the above WAS all "just a hoax."

In the meantime, the first email caused a "gut reaction." The receivers of the first initial email, again without investigation, freaked out and, wanting to make sure THEIR friends didn't suffer a similar fate, emailed a whole new set of internet users to "watch out!"

They of course mailed their friends, who mailed their friends, who... you get the idea.

So I have proof positive that the law of reactionary physics as the scientists perceive it is all wrong!

There is NO "equal reaction" on the internet

stem - something no sensible person would ever do without investigating first.

Then... a few minutes or hours later, you get a second email, only this one is an apology. Your friend is embarassed but willing to admit that he/she was duped and now has in his/her possession proof that the above WAS all "just a hoax."

In the meantime, the first email caused a "gut reaction." The receivers of the first initial email, again without investigation, freaked out and, wanting to make sure THEIR friends didn't suffer a similar fate, emailed a whole new set of internet users to "watch out!"

They of course mailed their friends, who mailed their friends, who... you get the idea.

So I have proof positive that the law of reactionary physics as the scientists perceive it is all wrong!

There is NO "equal reaction" on the internet

that the above WAS all "just a hoax."

In the meantime, the first email caused a "gut reaction." The receivers of the first initial email, again without investigation, freaked out and, wanting to make sure THEIR friends didn't suffer a similar fate, emailed a whole new set of internet users to "watch out!"

They of course mailed their friends, who mailed their friends, who... you get the idea.

So I have proof positive that the law of reactionary physics as the scientists perceive it is all wrong!

There is NO "equal reaction" on the internet

ternet users to "watch out!"

They of course mailed their friends, who mailed their friends, who... you get the idea.

So I have proof positive that the law of reactionary physics as the scientists perceive it is all wrong!

There is NO "equal reaction" on the internet - it escalates all out of proportion quickly, easily, efficiently.

TAKING A LOOK AT CURRENT EVENTS:

We are once again at that stage. The latest "out of proportion" action/reaction is the internet's response to the "anti-sp*am" laws going before the courts.

Normal, rational people in all walks of life with internet mailing lists are "reacting" perhaps totally out of proportion to this current state of affairs.

Now, don't get me wrong - there is legislation in the works to try to do something about all this junk we ALL are getting!

Bully for them, but if they'd done their own homework, the legislators would realize that a huge portion of this JUNK comes out of Asia, from isps with absolutely NO INTEREST in operating in an ethical fashion. These isps are so well hidden that no amount of legislation from all the countries in the universe is going to make an iota of difference.

So while legislators react to lobbyists - without a hope of really ever making a difference - we've got the "regular Joe" online also over-reacting.

He or she thinks they are "doing the right thing" by confo