From: malQRMassimilation@gmail.com   
      
   On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 01:37:37PM -0500, Julian THOMAS wrote:   
   > (There is a Panasonic Call Bloker) For about $110 - claims to be   
   > preloaded with 14000 robocall/telemarketing numbers.   
   >   
   > Is this worthwhile?  Seems to me a lot of the nuisance calls use   
   > spoofed numbers.   
      
   Let’s talk about the real problem instead of magic boxes which depend   
   on me believing that I have to pay for someone else’s greed. In a   
   nutshell, it's that the telemarketing industry is taking advantage of   
   the telephone etiquette that Americans were taught in schools at a   
   young age: I learned in college that "Ma Bell" paid to distribute   
   educational materials to elementary schools nationwide, so as to   
   inculcate the next generation of consumers with habits that would   
   increase profits:   
      
   * Answer calls quickly   
   * Be polite and listen carefully   
   * Pay attention to what the caller is saying   
   * Take notes   
      
   Those lessons are still being taught, although by different   
   means: I doubt there is anyone under 40 years old who could stand the   
   thought of letting the electronic leash in their pocket buzz more   
   than three times before they strike a pose and push "answer," just   
   like all the actors on TV shows taught them to.   
      
   The only solution to ever-more-intrusive sales tactics is to demand   
   that our elected leaders start to care about OUR quality of life and   
   OUR right to have the quiet enjoyment of OUR free time.   
      
   At the moment, they obviously couldn’t care less.   
      
   Bill Horne   
      
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