NEWS: Verizon: No Fetus Texting!

I really think they're being smart as a company by not picking a side on such a controversial topic. If you were the second largest service provider, would you want to compromise that for a random company that will bombard your customers with anti-Bush as well as pro-choice messages? There are still a decent amount of people who voted for Bush in this country or who are pro-life or who just maybe don't want their phone company to have a political stance on the issue.

I don't even understand why people would sign up for something that they support anyway.. that makes no sense. Why would they sign up for someone to text them and remind them of their own opinion?

Um...maybe so you could get updates on those things that interest you. Maybe information on pending legislation, current actions, gatherings, forums....etc.
Personally, I prefer to choose what information I receive and not have some mega-corporation choose what might be "offensive" to me. Again, this is a VOLUNTARY PROGRAM that you have to SIGN UP FOR!!! This is not unsolicited spam.

I honestly thought about it, but I didn't believe people would be this stupid. That is truly what occurred.

This entire thread is just making me aware of why our country is such a fucking disaster and why people don't put pressure on Congress. Because we choose not to be informed and when we hear about one way to stay informed, we immediately decide it's a nuisanse. The infomation was forced upon us, there is no way someone would seek it out!

Who would want to know about something they care about coming up for a vote in Congress! Fucking spammers!

I email my representatives all the time. It takes two seconds. Sometimes I phone, when I am really pissed. Such as when Feinstein voted for the Iran amendment the other day. Sorry for assuming people would read this story and know that people sign up to recieve information from groups. Carry on.

I think at the moment I'm more concerned about the fact that I can apparently no longer read this kind of stuff... I used to be able to read it fluently, now I have to stop and think about it... "What the hell is that? Maybe it's..."

I never thought 28 was old until today

Do you mean to tell me that you do NOT get spam text messages? Because I certainly do. I got one right before I read this article. It was:

From 7542443806

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So, Gee, I WONDER how this could have been interpreted to be about spam. How could that leap have been made?

Tell me, where in the article does it say that this is a service you sign up for? It doesn't. So, then, CLEARLY we are to assume that this is an article about people who sign up for a service to get text messages reminding them of a political agenda to which they already subscribe...right.


Seems to me that it makes more sense that it is about spam.

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This made me laugh.

Firstly, I actually very rarely get spam text messages. I use my phone all day long, send many text messages. I've got one in the past year.
Now, your misinterpretation is a pass, since no one had posted anything about it. Replying to something not addressed to you, is a little silly though.

However:
http://suicidegirls.com/boards/Current+Events/238671/page1/#post11413202
Since then a few other posts make fun of the same type of thing.

The thing is, even without a the piece of knowledge that informs you the service is not spam. I still didn't read the article and think to myself, fuck those pro abortion spammers.

Not because I don't get spam text messages, but because the focus seemed to be on Verizon and questioning why they would ban a certain type of text message on their network.

Oh stop being coy. You like my spam messages.

HR133 1/3 Is in Congress right now to fix all of the problems with the telecommunications industry.

The Telecommunications Wide Anti-Trust bill (TWAT) is being rushed through to ensure that the people have recourse for being screwed by the telecom companies of America. Senator Ricardo McReady (I-Rish) from Puerto Rico gave a passionate speech about the need to hold the communication companies accountable for, "ripping people off by selling services that they don't actually need or use, for participating in illegal spying on their customers and for interfering with their private lives." McReady then threw a book on constitutional law at Senator M.A. Bell after she suggested that he was a communist and a terrorist for not backing big business...

OK, back to reality here. Maybe I should get some sleep.

Yes, yes. Opportunities to get information that might educate your opinion are always bad. And yes, of course Verizon is working for you.

Verizon gives two fucks about you. Their interest in your tender and uninformed sensibilities begins and ends with your bank account.

Besides, they changed their minds. Seems like folks who are open to being informed and educated have more money they you superstituous magical thinkers after all.

Like this?

Sounds like more of a fundraising scam to me.

I love this site!

It just seems to me that the example message wasn't exactly informative.

let me get this straight?...companies can contact cell phone coverage providers and pay them to broad spectrum spam messages to all of the people on that network?...even if the message is unsolicited? is there any clause the customer has to agree to in order to ok this general advertising and spamming?

Didn't you read the article, dumbass? Verizon isn't letting them do it! They're on our side!

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I'm pretty sure he was being dense on purpose.