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From: siegman@sierra.stanford.edu (siegman)
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Subject: Re: Home-Grown Anti-Caller-ID Scheme
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Date: 29 Jul 90 00:18:47 GMT
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I'm responding to the Moderator's comments here, not the original
message.  (You responded, you can listen to the responses!!).

>[Moderator's Note: This seems to me to be a lot of work and expense
>merely to accomodate someone's paranoia about the possibility he may
>have to listen to two seconds of some sales pitch. I have two lines
>here, and various things going on, but it is because I need the second
>line, not because I'm afraid the phone might ring and I have to hang
>up on someone I don't want to listen to.  PT]

Telemarketing calls break my train of thought when I'm deep in some
calculation, or writing task.  They interrupt our dinner hour.  They
shatter my relaxation when I'm out on the porch with a beer.  They
arrive when I'm trying to cope with a crying child (and waiting for a
call I don't want to miss).

I've never raised a fuss about junk mail; if the sender wants to pay
for it fine -- I can cope with it at my leisure.  But junk phone calls
(i.e. telemarketing) should be outlawed.

Paranoia indeed!  (My reaction is to tell any phone solicitor --
including organizations I'd like to support -- that we absolutely
boycott ANY organization making sales or solicitation calls to us.)