Monday, October 13, 2003
DO NOT CALL LIST
The National Do Not Call Registry is being attacked in court by telemarketers. They say that it restricts their right to free speech among other things. This is absurd. Just because someone has something to sell does not mean we are obliged to listen. I have already decided and resolved that I will never buy anything from a telemarketer, out of principle if for no other reason. By signing onto the list I am actually saving telemarketers money on their futile calls to my number. They should be glad all the strong-willed sales-resistant public are declaring themselves; the resultant pool of available numbers should make telemarketers more productive.
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My biggest concern with this do not call list, is that it will inevitably increase SPAM. Since the ability to regulate anything on the Internet is so difficult given its tenacity, should these telemarketers begin SPAMming, how much more intrusive do you think that's going to be? We already know that SPAM creates a decrease in productivity, now imagine that ten, even twenty-fold. Shudder.
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