[tessalu]

I am sorry that people will lose their jobs, but their free speech ends where my PAID telephone line begins.

[gathersnomoss]

Has anyone else noticed that the silenced telephone has made dinner more enjoyable?

[Redcloak]

Yours is exactly the correct answer. A telemarketer's "free speech" does not entitle him to use services paid for by others. This is in stark contrast to producers of junk mail. The postage they pay supports the postal system; they are using what they help to pay for. Those who receive the junk mail do not pay to get it. It's arrives entirely paid for by the sender. A phone call is different. I have to pay each month to keep the line connected. A telemarketer is thus using a line I paid for when he calls. Quite simply, I don't want to pay for his business expenses. He has the right to market his goods or services, but there is no right to have that advertising delivered with another's resources.

[EDINVA]

should we post Mr. Levy's home phone and see how he really likes free speech?