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DNC list does work, but we do need to additions[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#32)
by Anonymous User on Fri Jul 18, 2008 at 02:44:58 AM PDT

The exemption for "companies you have done business with in the last 18 months" needs to be thrown out, and replaced with "companies that you are currently doing business with." They actually listen to you; once you are no longer a customer they feel freer to annoy you. There should also be an option to include charities and political campaigns. I know it was a free speech issue, but shouldn't I have the right to be close-minded and not listen to them? Another class of callers, that account for the largest group of unwanted calls I get, are bill collectors calling for previous users of my current phone number (at least 6 years ago at this point.) Apparently, they are lied to so often they don't believe that the person they are looking for wasn't any better about paying the phone company. They should at least be required to check if phone number has changed hands since the debt was incurred. == Which of the following is a dog? Melon, Chihuahua, Kia, Grapefruit, Mississippi, Saab I owned a Saab once, and it definitely was a dog. I've never considered Chihuahuas to be dogs.

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What's the definition?[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#33)
by Anonymous User on Fri Jul 18, 2008 at 06:49:39 AM PDT

... of "companies that you are currently doing business with"? If you make a purchase from a retail company, how can you define whether it's a one-time purchase so that there's no ongoing relationship, vs. the first in many upcoming transactions? Businesses need to know clearly when they're obeying and when they're breaking the law, so 18 months was selected as a reasonable balance point.

You have the right to be close-minded and not listen to charities and political campaigns; you don't have the right to prevent others from exercising their free-speech rights to talk into a dead line after you've hung up.

There is no constitutional right not to be offended, though some people seem to forget that. Being offended is (perhaps) a violation of civility, not of the law.

Which of the following is a color? MG, Purple, Bulldog, Cranberry, Corgi, Hawaii. Any designer will tell you that Cranberry is a valid answer along with Purple.

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Nobody has free speech rights[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#40)
by Anonymous User on Tue Jul 22, 2008 at 11:28:49 AM PDT

if they are calling a phone line that I pay for.

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