Remailers are used to sell Warez CD. Do you approve of such use ?

1) I am convinced that massive spams advertising for sale of warez CD are a provocation.
something entirely made up by ennemies of anonymity and remailer-haters.
2) I have a terrible time trying to imagine
that somebody with some form of intelligence might advertise so heavily for illegal products.
The whole idea is so ridiculous that a 'viable' defence in case the author of the 'advertisement' would be caught could very well be: 'are you kidding, it was an ENORMOUS joke', of course.
The judges, I feel, could not consider any offence took place until there was a money/CD deal.
Or in case there was a stockpile of CD ready for sale...
3) If the police got suspects for those spams, I am willing to handle the police the decyphered text of the messages they would send through 'Frog'. (Cf: 'Privacy' and 'Why use an Anonymous Remailer?')

Remailers are used for illegal activities. Do you approve ?

'The Law' in so-called civilized countries draws a line between
    speech, which is free
    deeds, which can be prosecuted
A remailer can be used only for speech.

Remailers are used for spam and mail bombing.

Spam with remailers would be much less cost-effective than with 'usual' means.
    This idea is *economically absurd*
There is a simple way to avoid mail-bombing (Cf: 'How to shelter from Abuses?').
This technique is more bandwidth-effective than usual filters at the recipient's.

Impersonations ?

With 4 lines of comments in the Header, 'Frog' offers better protection than any ISP.
With the protocol actually used on Usenet, *NO* identification is possible (except when using PGP),
and everyone should make sure he understood that basic before he switches on his computer and his firewall.

Hate and racist speech ?

US protected that at the very core of their Constitution: it is called 'free speech'.
By hardly caricaturing, here is my own 'appreciation table':
        if somebody brilliantly speaks for the same ideas as mine
            I approve but I do not learn much
        if somebody speaks for the same ideas as mine, but in a clumsy or idiotic way
            I think someone lost a great occasion to shut up
        if somebody speks brilliantly for ideas I hate
            I am happy I can do something before that too seductive form makes adepts
        if somebody repeats misunderstood mottos from ideas I hate
            and very innocently goes to the worst conclusions of a rotten ideology.
            I am happy to see the beast show off with its very hideous and repellent face.
I like the text by Guillermito too.

All remailer users are criminals.

All ___ are ___.
Beware, there are counties where replacing '___' with certain words is an *offence*.... THINK of it TWICE.

I do not talk with anonymous people.

Nor to people who have not been introduced to you.
This behaviour would be delicately outdated, very 'victorian' if it had not turned to be plain rude.
Do you *really* ask for an ID to whoever asks you what time it is,
   where is the next tube, when is the next bus or if there is a local MacDo?
A chat on Usenet does not require more personnal interaction.
For myself, when somebody comes to me and starts giving out his whole ID, title, function...:
   I do have a negative reaction:  'SALESMAN !!!!'

Do you have anything to hide ?

Would you tell me your income ?
YES ?
Would you tell me your sexual orientations, your political opinions, your religious beliefs, you ethnic origin ?
YES ?
Would you also tell me your Credit Card number and PIN ?
NO ?
*Some* things *are* private ?
WELL !
Indeed, that list depends on the local culture, and even the person.
    A Frenchman, a US citizen, a Japanese will not react the same to the same questions.
    Nor will a porno star and a banker and a promising tech.
Local legislations protecting privacy and prosecting for the breach of it are different,
    and it is ones sovereign decision to decide which privacy sphere he wants to be respected.
PS: your question was nosy and rude.

Did the police already visit you ?

Not as far as I know.
My policies are public, and clear enough not to require paraphrase.
And for my suspicions about who probably committed certain illegal acts
    apparently priority could go to other offences, frequent, more serious, and committed in the open.

You destroy evidence.

I refuse to accumulate evidence while I did not get any warrant to do so.
Post does not collect the names of who sends mail either.
Judiciary proceedings to intercept an E-mail processed by me would be the same as for snail-mail.
    warrant *after* enough evidence has been collected against the 'suspect'.

Why 'military grade' anonymity instead of Hotmail or some 'free ISP' account ?

Why not take the superior quality 'product' if it is the same 'price', or even less expensive ?
        And what about a spouse half-pubescent, or half-virgin, or semi-faithful?.
There are a few things you better bite the bullet.
Software like JBN are convenient, easy to use, and free
    as reliable as standard 'mail clients',
    much more than WWW interfaces..
And about security from the ISP...
        A little glance on the NG where their operators hang around will give an idea about their personnal standing
            seeing how rude they are, you may have doubts about their ethics.
        And technical security, against external intrusion :-|      (charity commands silence)
And there is solidarity with the ones who have a 'vital' need for total security
     (Cf: 'Why use an Anonymous Remailer?')
P.S. I think your question is quite nosy, and it makes me more confident about my own choices.
        I do not ask you how you choose your cars and lovers
        why do you ask me about my security systems ?

Why allow 'From:' fields, with an E-Mail @ on top !

Anonymous posters may have diverging or opposed ideas.
    It is more pleasant and easy to read a thread where 'C opposes B but does not agree with  A',
    rather than a pond where you cannot tell the ideas of the ones from the others.
About the E-mail @, one can be anonymous and accept mail from time to time.
Having a nym account is more convenient for a sustained mail activity,
    but everyone should be free to decide what he thinks best.
Besides, a nym account necessarily posts usings a m2news gateway.
But these ones are banned by a few irresponsible French ISP,
   and there are even rogue cancels from loose bots.

I was meaning impersonation, of course.

And you already got your answer. Want to go further ?
Any sucker can collect a free 'trial' CD, open a free account and post under most exotic names-@.
All this using the most common software, from Outlook Express to Agent and from Netscape to Pine.
If some readers *really* believe they are receiving messages from God or Clinton, that is *their* problem.
Really, those jokers have some social utility, reminding us in a comic way that
    *no* @ should be taken seriously
    *no* message should be attributed to author
     if it is not  PGP-signed.
Remailers are the *only* software to include that basic warning inside each message.
Thus, they are 'better netizens' than other software,
   where even a close analysis of the 'Path: ' field may not be enough to prove impersonation.
Want to go even further ?:
The maniacs with the 'Reply:' key, the ones who send vengeful messages to NewB for the most futile reasons,
are often the victims for that kind of (bad) joke.
With some maturity, they will learn that notoriety on Usenet got a price.

And that, to fight the dark sides of anonymity, we need MORE and no LESS anonymity:
     how would you attack / harass somebody anonymous ???
And discusion might evolve to a discussion about ideas, rather than ad hominem criticism.