...political spam! As some of you may be aware (by this I mean Australians ), Prime Minister John Howard's son took the liberty of sending politcal spam messages to voters in Australia through his computer company (link here). Instead of condemning the practice, Howard has defended it despite the fact that the government is supposed to have a strong stance against internet spam. The really amusing thing is that Howard decided that he would spam even more, and sent out a pre-recorded phone message to voters in a particular Australian seat just prior to the election. There is a link to the phone message here (small file). So, my question is this; is spam acceptable if it is used for benign () purposes such as political advertising?