[Fledermaus]

Annoying sure. But you want telemarketers out of business? This is so un-American and sooner or later someone might come after your job.

I'm sure you have more than one phone or a cell phone. If not, do you not worry about getting those emergency calls when you are online and the line is busy?

[Cronos]

Annoying sure. But you want telemarketers out of business? This is so un-American and sooner or later someone might come after your job.

Oh, and those neighbourhood dope dealers and mafia hitmen are real annoying too, but putting them out of business is soo un-(lib) American. I guess we should ask for the laws against them to be repealed.

[nravoter]

Annoying sure. But you want telemarketers out of business? This is so un-American and sooner or later someone might come after your job.

Nobody's going to come after my job--I make sure I don't annoy people; I'm an Amway salesman.

Just kidding.

I'm sure you have more than one phone or a cell phone. If not, do you not worry about getting those emergency calls when you are online and the line is busy?

One of the reasons I got cable internet (actually, speed is the number one reason).

I can appreciate your take on this issue, but I have to disagree--I think the un-American aspect of this whole thing is the telemarketers finding new ways around technology to repeatedly annoy people who have told them just as repeatedly "Leave me alone!".

I know everybody needs to make a living, but nobody has a right to make a living by forcing themselves on people who obviously don't want to deal with them. Government getting involved in this is no more "big government" or intrusive than the cops chasing off a group of delinquents who I've told repeatedly to stop having loud gatherings on my lawn.