Guest guest Posted February 19, 2002 Report Share Posted February 19, 2002 - " Vedanta Archives " <iharibol <Ramakrishna-owner > Tuesday, February 19, 2002 01:57 Re ads on Pages > Dear Jay, > > I was recently directed to your Discussion Group thanks to Edith Tipple, > a list member here in Southern California. We are both members of the > Vedanta Society of Southern California. I appreciate all the work you > are doing to create an easily accessible venue for uplifting discussion > centered around Vedanta and the teachings of our great teachers. > > I am forwarding to you a message I just sent to regarding the > disgusting ads for " mini home security cameras " I keep getting accosted > by as I try to navigate their website or just read postings of this > discussion group. I have seen the same ads in other areas of the > website, but they are particularly offensive in this context. If you > and others agree with my point of view, maybe some of you could also > send similar messages directly to . By the way, as I clicked back > onto the site just now to double check the e-mail address, I was > first presented with another pop-up ad of - yes, you guessed it- the > " home security system with pan and tilt option " with another photo of a > woman with her pants down to her hips! Sigh.... > > I sent two copies of this letter to the following addresses (using their > feedback forms). The first form is intended to be used to report > violations of content on Group lists. The second is to report > violations of personal privacy. Although neither of these forms are > quite the right place to sent them this kind of feedback, I hope the > irony of " privacy " and " inappropriate content " response forms being used > to report their own company's violation of the same might not be lost on > them...? > > Mostly, I used those two addresses because having spent 10 minutes > fishing around their site looking for any " general " feedback form, I > couldn't find one! To save other people the waste of time, here are the > addresses to the forms I COULD find: > > http://add./fast/help/us/groups/cgi_abuse > http://add./fast/help/us/privacy/cgi_feedback?radio30=radio305 > > > I hope you don't mind this message and I appreciate your consideration. > > Sincerely yours, > > Joanne Euler ---------- - > > Dear , > > I am disgusted by your ads for " home security video cameras " which > appear throughout your pages and also as pop-up ads > whenever I try to use your search engine. The pictures of semi-nude > women in the ads make it clear what the cameras are to be used for, > which is secretly viewing women (and young girls!) disrobing in the > supposed privacy of their own homes, or doing other personal things > people should have the right to do without someone else spying on them. > > Worse, I suspect that most users of YOUR camera (I say your because you > are promoting its use everywhere throughout your website), will probably > not be men spying on their neighbors, but men spying on their own family > members in their own home. The thought is sickening in any case! > > Especially innappropriate is the appearance of these ads when I'm trying > to read messages for a spiritual discussion group, NOT a group for > sexually frustrated perverts! > > The final irony is the statement you make requiring " appropriate " > content for the group discussions. You can't possibly believe these ads > are appropriate can you? > > If will not clean up its act, I will obviously have to start using > a new search engine (and there are plenty others out there) and will > also recommend to my discussion group that we move to another server. > > If there are any women working for , or any decent men there (must > not be), I imagine they are mortified to see these ads representing > their company. But as these ads demonstrate, you obviously don't have > any respect for people's boundaries or right of privacy, do you? > > I would appreciate a reply from your " management. " > > Thanks, > > Joanne > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~response~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Joanne I agree with your sentiments, I often get the same pop-up advert. I am forwarding this message to our lists hoping that others on the list may also write to . regards jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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