On Dec 16, 1997 08:10am, RON TAYLOR wrote to RICH GRIEBEL:
 RT> Charles said:
  >>-> CH> :) However, the point is that it invades the privacy of the
  >>-caller.
 RT> Certainly not a legal issue, but I don't think the caller has any right
 RT> to privacy when he calls ME.  I wouldn't allow a stranger to enter my
 RT> home unannounced... I see no compelling reason to allow a stranger to
 RT> invade my home vocally.  In case of a friend or acquaintance... If they
 RT> don't want me to know who it is, I don't want to talk to them.  Maybe I
 RT> am antisocial :)
 RT> Then you said:
Wasn't me below, look at the double quotes
RG>>-> As if the ringing of the phone doesn't disturb the privacy of the
  >>-> person called.  I have a phone in my house for *my* convenience, not
  >>-> some schmuck marketer.
 RT> Bingo!  I pay the bill and I have every right to decide who I talk to.
RG>>Caller ID balances the playing field, both parties know the same about
  >>each other.  It's a pity the world has come to this though...
 RT> I don't see the "pity".  I think Caller-ID makes folks a bit more
 RT> honest.... especially kids playing pranks.  Wonderful technology.
Kids, at least while I was growing up, didn't do such things, at least not to
the extent they do now.  The pity is that we have to go to great lengths to
prevent our privacy from being invaded.  Folks used to be good neighbors and
give you space as well as being friends.
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