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  From: <lp2160@columbia.edu>
  To  : <cpc@emoglen.law.columbia.edu>
  Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 13:50:30 -0400

Re: telemarketers

What I mean is you can choose not to watch or listen to the
commercials.  That is the beauty of freedom, the delicate line
drawn between the freedom to speech, and free from unwelcome
speech.
Lingyan

Quoting ama2022@columbia.edu:

>
> By that logic, are television and radio commercials
> unconstitutional?
>
> Quoting lp2160@columbia.edu:
>
> >
> > This very much looks like a letter deceiving people to release
> > their
> > phone numbers by calling the number or visit the website, like
> > the
> > fraud emails inducing people to release their bank account
> > details.
> >
> > Camden: Not only shall we not pay for the vexing calls, but
> also
> > not
> > to receive them.  The latter shall more important.  As a person
> > in a
> > free society, we shall be able to free ourselves from wasting
> our
> > time receiving calls that are not from the intended callers.
> The
> > vexing calls are like the junk mails, except much worse.  It
> took
> > not only money, but more importantly the time.  Time always
> ties
> > up
> > to freedom.  Otherwise, we would only pick up those calls that
> we
> > can identify the caller.
> >
> > My thought is that as part of the meaning of freedom of speech,
> > we
> > are free to choose not to hear any speech that we do not want
> to
> > listen to.
> > Lingyan
> >
> > Quoting Camden Hutchison <crh2014@columbia.edu>:
> >
> > > A friend of mine just sent me this e-mail:
> > >
> > > "In a few weeks, cellular telephone numbers are being
> released
> > to
> > > telemarketers.  Calls will start coming in to your cell
> phone,
> > > wasting your time and your minutes used.  Call this number
> > > 1-888-382-1222 from your cell phone in order to be put on the
> > do
> > > not call list.  It will block your number for five years.
> You
> > > can
> > > also do this on-line at
> https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx
> > to
> > > register."
> > >
> > > I looked around on the donotcall web page, but I can't figure
> > out
> > > what "in a few weeks, cellular telephone numbers are being
> > > released
> > > to telemarketers" is referring to.  Does anyone know anything
> > > about
> > > this?  I do know that I have never received a telemarketing
> > call
> > > on
> > > my cell phone.
> > >
> > > My response to this would be "congress shall make no law...
> > > abridging the freedom of speech," except for the fact that
> cell
> > > phone users generally have to pay for incoming calls.  I
> think
> > > that
> > > this adds to what would be pure speech an element of harm
> > capable
> > > of
> > > regulation.  In other words, obnoxious people can call me,
> but
> > > they
> > > shouldn't be able to force me to pay for it.
> > >
> > > -Camden
> >
> >
> >
> >
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