On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:23:11 -0700, Red E. Kilowatt wrote:
> Phil Payne <phil@isham-research.co.uk> wrote in message:
> 1192402237.974983.273650@k35g2000prh.googlegroups. com,
>
>>> "It would be nice if nobody ever bought things from spammers -- but
>>> you have to figure if people are going to buy actual medications
>>> from random strangers who send semi-literate e-mail, this speaks to
>>> a level of stupidity so profound that it's difficult to imagine
>>> eradicating it." Mitch Wagner, InternetWeek.com Editor, March 1 2004
>>
>> I remember the quote. It struck me at the time that the incredible
>> stupidity is not the purchase of such medications but - should they
>> ever actually arrive - actually _taking_ them.
>
> Or to put it more succinctly and as a general rule; one can never
> overestimate the level of stupidity to be found among some members of
> the public that can be mined for profit.

Fools and their money _should_ be parted.