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Oops, Dave Barry Does It Again

Posted by timothy on from the free-nights-and-weekends dept.

agdv writes "After the success of his first article providing the phone number of the American Teleservices Association, and the ensuing reaction by said organization, columnist Dave Barry attacks again, providing the ATA's new phone number. Read all about it! (the number is 317-816-9336, long distance charges may apply)."

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  1. Re:I live in the UK, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And it's people like you who are causing telemarketers untold grief. Think about it before you act, geez. You're not dealing with a machine, you're dealing with a human doing their job. I'll get modded down for saying this, so I'm posting anonymously, but seriously, fuck you if you're going to get pleasure out of causing pain to another person.

  2. Populism is bliss by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah! Those evil telemarketers! Everyone knows they're in it just to annoy you at dinner! And NOBODY buys their crap anyway! The spiteful jerks who work for them will have to find HONEST jobs now!

    Let's ban TV ads next!

    Grab a torch! Where's my pitchfork!

  3. Re:UK by SuperBanana · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Using "free speech" rights to quash the list in America is, in my opinion, an abuse of the constitution. Mind you, it's not the first time it's been mangled and abused for the benefit of some interested party.

    You're right, in a sense- the Supreme Court has actually specifically ruled that "free speech" does not mean "freedom to bother you in your home"; you have the right to speech, but not to force it upon someone, and calling them is forcing it on them.

    However, the "problem" with the US Consitution is that its values aren't typically very popular, which is what you're saying between the lines. Nazi groups would be a good example; their speech is protected. The concept of free speech applying to everyone, not just those you like, is something few Americans can grasp. I certainly would not expect the English to.

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  4. How do these people sleep at night? by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    In a solid gold bed with ivory posts.

    With sheets made from human skin.

    Pillows stuffed with the feathers of the golden eagle.

    And a quilt filled with panda fur.

    Osama bin Laden serves drinks and Saddam Hussein turns over the tv and changes the cd/dvd.

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  5. Re:I Agree with his work... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah but, unfortunately, unelected presidents of nations that start wars of agression with large death tolls, or who have hushed up or supported illegal, unethical, or exploitative practices by corporations that made large campaign or personal contributions, are themselves usually carefully guarded by large contingents of bodyguards and secret national security services.

    But yeah, since a lot of those postal rambo-wannabees don't really care about whether they live or die, you would think some of them would take their chances, bodyguards or not, and that there would be a pretty high casualty rate among the rat-bastards. The problem is that those folks are crazy and don't have the cognitive sense to figure out who really "deserves it" or to plan well enough to achieve such a goal. The sane folks usually figure they have too much to lose. But I do sometimes wonder about those sane folks who know they have terminal diseases like metastasized cancer. Maybe they get caught because they fit the profile but we never hear about it :-).