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- From: rwhelan@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Ryan A. Whelan)
- Subject: Re: New Supra Chipset:Caller ID:Condoms
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.043855.22133@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
- Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
- References: <1992Nov5.051539.13787@tronsbox.xei.com> <1992Nov5.104642.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> <Bx9AsI.7xM@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 04:38:55 GMT
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- In article <Bx9AsI.7xM@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> kodak@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Jason Balicki (KodaK)) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov5.104642.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> krsear02@ulkyvx.louisville.edu (Kendall 'Opusii' Sears) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov5.051539.13787@tronsbox.xei.com>, dfrancis@tronsbox.xei.com (Dennis Heffernan) writes:
- >>
- >>BINGO! I have a simple rule: No ID listed... No answer. Simple as that.
- >>
- >>Why should I waste my time talking to
- >>a) someone I don't want to talk to (phone babboons)
- >>b) a wrong number (saves embarassment of the other party also)
- >>c) obscene calls at 2am.
- >
- >But I'm not any of those. I'm simply a person who wants to keep my
- >phone number private. Ya know, like the old days when people answered
- >phones. I did not wish to start a flame war with this. I recognize
- >your (and everyones) right to WANT caller ID, and your right to USE caller
- >ID, I just am advocating the use of an alternitive. In the case of BBS's
- >offer call back.
- >
- >Does your right to privacy end when you knock on my door? When you enter
- >my house do I have a right to look through your wallet? Do I instantly
- >have to know your address? Yes, there are some cases when knowing these
- >things could come in handy (when the JW's visit, axe murderers and the
- >like) but those cases are rare. Likewise, when someone calls you
- >(or your board) most likely they are NOT out to destroy you.
-
- Yeah but I am sure as hell going to KNOW WHO YOU are before I let you
- into my house.. I don't need caller ID to do that though.... I just have to
- look out the window. I can't do that over the phone so I can use caller id to
- do the same thing.
- --
- Ryan A. Whelan "Repetition does not establish validity."
- rwhelan@gmuvax2.gmu.edu - Souder's Law
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