I received the worst junkmail I believe I have ever read today. Not only did it attempt to discredit www.snopes.com, it attempted to do so using www.wikipedia.org as its reference.

Ignorance is out of control, and people who forward worthless email should be held accountable for spreading their ignorance.  This cycle of mass idiocy as spread through email can only end through educating the people that send these pieces of worthless mail to us in the first place.  As such the launching of an entirely new class of junkmail is about to happen.

THE INTERNET IS NOT YOUR PLAYTHING

The over usage of email has only allowed the under-educated to speak with a louder voice than ever before. When was the last time you checked your email and one of your friends, family, or coworkers had sent you a bunch of falsified, uncited, and worthless drivel through email.

We have seen virus warnings that have told us our dog was going to set fire to the swimming pool if we accidentally opened it. We have read that Microsoft and Bill Gates has made everyone but you and I billionaires by tracking our emails around the globe. We have also read that Obama is Muslim and George Bush was the antichrist. There are no limits to the number of people believing that wishes will be granted if they forward email to eveyrone on their contact list.

Neither prayers nor wishes get sent in email. God has a website, but not an email. At least not one that he checks and reads your email from.

• George Bush is not the antichrist.
• Barack Obama is not Muslim.
• I am not rich. Are you?
• Your dog will not ignite the swimming pool.

It was bad enough when all we had to deal with was spam about Viagra and Angelina. Now we are getting more junkmail from our friends who have signed up for email accounts.  Do you know why?

Spam filters do not check for stupidity.

And since they do not, there is only one remedy. Send this email to *ONLY* the people who bug the heck out of you and send absurd amounts of idiocy. These people operate under the guise of being well informed, when in fact they are a bunch of idiots. Do the rest of us a favor and DO NOT send this to those people who respect email, and forward only with discretion.

With those simple rules in mind. If you have received this email, you have a problem. You are addicted to spreading stupidity and lunacy, and you should stop. Please don’t forward this to your friends, and please don’t forward *ANYMORE* email *EVER*

I can only pray that by fowarding this to you my wish for less stupidity in my life is answered by sending this email.

So there is is.  The Anti-Forward Forward.  Please forward with discretion.  Perhaps a phone call is a better choice when you want to tell someone about this behavior.  If you need assistance you can visit sites like The Internet Traffic Report.  That site can give you metrics on how fast or slow the internet is, and can be a fun place to look at 8am on Monday after the next “First Snowball of The Year” starts. 

Other information can be obtained by searching for how much email is actually spam.  As of May 2009 it was estimated that 90.4% of all email sent was spam. 

90.4 percent of all email sent is spam!!!

And that means that a significant amount of our bandwidth is simply being thrown away.  Are you sick of paying $55 a month for faster internet service?  I know I am tired of that much money being spent for service.  Do the rest of us a favor and stop junkmail before it starts.  Ask your friends to “Think before you forward!”