Although I am in agreement with the suggestion to drop this thread (via argumentum ad absurdum, which means you mention 'Nazi' and see how the conversation devolves), I'd like to make one tiny rant. I was on the Internet, receiving mail at a BITNET account at UMKC when Tiannamen Square went down (1989). The Chinese gov was smart enough to shut down all access to journalists, closing down phone lines, faxes, completely blacking out the media for several days (US Embassy reports provided a lot of info, though). http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB16/documents/index.html However, little ole me continued to receive a steady stream of detailed frontline information from people who were using a medium unknown to the Chinese gov: university e-mail accounts. Students were running off the streets to type in what they saw, sending e-mail to various listservers around the world. And there, right there in China, the Internet revolution began. It was the first time in history the Internet became the single most reliable source of detailed information for a major historical event. Thus, I've always been keen to watch what news comes from China via the Internet, because they're approaching us from such a distant era, it seems. Yes, they have technology to match ours in a minute flat, but their culture is still largely agrarian-based. Within the next three decades, we'll see a cultural flood from China, through the channel of individuals breaking through their middlemen like Bosch, and communicating directly to us. I am really excited to watch this unfurl, as I have watched the past decade unfurl. That's all. > Lastly, I like this spam particularly because it shows > how Chinese manufacturers are increasingly going to be using > the Internet to cut out the middleman. They have in the past > been hired by Bosch to build rotors. Now, having the > skill to build Bosch-quality rotors, they are seeking to > use the Internet to contact customers directly. This is > great! I think this particular spam is historical, and > though I anticipate if they succeed, we'll be targetted > by billions of spammers from China, I gotta commend these > guys for their leap of faith into American cyberspace...