It might be that a cent a gigabyte (just imagine) would be the right tax level to kill off spam but leave everyone else humming along just as they are at present.
Then there will be a chance for everyone to sit down and focus on the real issue, which is not whether to kill or translocate hedgehogs, but to see how to improve the breeding success of the dunlin and ringed plover on the Uist islands.
Once everyone is tired out, organisers like Newmindspace in New York collect pillows to donate to no-kill animal shelters and remind participants to clean up any mess.