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- From: gee7759@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Glenn Elliott)
- Newsgroups: pnw.general,seattle.general
- Subject: Re: CALLER ID
- Message-ID: <3546@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 16:59:47 GMT
- References: <MS-C.714851355.1103527590.mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> <Hei7PB2w165w@dogear.spk.wa.us> <1746@rwing.UUCP> <1992Sep1.181318.10332@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
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- Organization: Boeing Computer Services, Seattle
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- leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) writes:
-
- >He's a court offficer working out of his home. So he has the blocking on.
-
- Why? If he's on official business, then he should not turn on blocking.
- If he *always* works out of his home, then he should have a separate
- business line that he uses for work. A rather flimsy hypothetical
- situation, but it will suffice.
-
- >He tries to call you to get information that he is *required by law* to get
- >one way or another. You see the blocked ID and don't answer. He has
- >*no choice* but to have a warrant issued. And there won't be one thing
- >you can do about it.
-
- First, he is *required by law* to make several attempts before having a
- warrant issued. The judge would laugh him out of court if he'd only tried
- once before asking for a warrant. He may even be *required by law* to
- attempt a personal visit before asking for a warrant. A warrant is a last
- resort which most judges do not give away freely.
-
- Second, if I have an answering machine, I will get his message and return
- the call. If I am simply trying to avoid him, then caller ID has *nothing*
- to do with it - I can avoid him just as well by letting my answering machine
- pick up all my calls and picking the ones I want to respond to.
-
- >He doesn't like it any better than you do. He's *complaining* that
- >he's going to have to send cops after people who refuse to answer
- >calls from blocked numbers.
-
- He already has to send cops after people who refuse to answer their phone
- because they have an answering machine. This is a seriously flawed
- argument, especially when you consider that answering machines are one of
- the big arguments that opponents of caller ID like to use to defend their
- position.
-
- >Would you try to sue a lawyer for having a process server sent after
- >you when he needed you as a witness and you wouldn't answer your
- >phone? You'd get laughed out of court.
-
- True, but it has nothing to do with caller ID. It doesn't matter why
- I'm not answering my phone...
-
- Glenn
- --
- Glenn E. Elliott | Anyone who believes that what I say or do
- Computing Systems Analyst | represents the policies or procedures of
- Boeing Computer Services | The Boeing Company has more lawyers than
- gee7759@eeidf002.ca.boeing.com | they have common sense.
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