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From: kemasa@sdcc13.UUCP (kemasa)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Telephone mailing lists
Message-ID: <356@sdcc13.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 23:58:16 EST
Article-I.D.: sdcc13.356
Posted: Thu Nov  7 23:58:16 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 11-Nov-85 05:52:32 EST
References: <1042@mtuxo.UUCP> <504@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP> <1971@bmcg.UUCP> <10903@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1979@bmcg.UUCP>
Reply-To: kemasa@sdcc13.UUCP (kemasa)
Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center
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In article <1979@bmcg.UUCP> bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert) writes:
>I have the right to call any telephone number in the phone book. (That's 
>why their is a phone book). You have the right to hang up on me. If you
>don't want your privacy invaded, a. Dont have a phone  b. Unplug it when you
>don't use it.

You have to right to call any number?  I think there is a law againest prank
phone calls.  Is it absurd to say unplug it or don't have a phone.  It
is for calling for emergency and other such things.  How would you like
it to have everyone on the net calling you every hour so that no one else
could get a hold of you in case of emergency because you unplugged it?
I don't care about junk mail, but junk phone calls bother me, especially
when they don't use real people to and use computers or recorded messages.
The phone book is to find the number of someone you want to talk to, not
to try to sell strangers things.  Does that also mean that your door is
there for people to knock on? and that you should seal it up if
you don't want salemen to come?  It is easy to put a sign 'no salemem'
or something like that, but with the phone they say you can have it excluded
from the reverse index, but police and fire depts. use it.  So what do
you do.  I don't think the solution is to do without because of abuse
by others.

				Kemasa.