Spam and privacy

[Asheville Joe]

Spam is a hassle to everybody, but I'm wondering if the problem will be 
used as an excuse to eliminate another aspect of privacy - anonymous email.
I may be reading this too broadly, but Billy's remarks (along with 
Palladium, etc.) make me a little sensitive on this issue.

> http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2003/06-24antispam-print.asp


I have had occasion to send comments or opinions to controversial sites 
which I did not want traceabe back to me.  I have used anonymous 
emailers to do this. (I'm sure there's a way to do this in Linux, but 
technical issues are not the point here.)  I think it's important to 
maintain this ability as part of free speech and because it enables 
people who stick their necks out to get feedback from those who have 
something to say, but are unwilling to take the associated risk of 
public disclosure of their identities.

What do you think?

Joe