Not only did I build quite a few of just about everything, I worked at the store in Omaha until I graduated from high school. What an education! Still have my H89/H77 combination. Booted it up a couple years ago. Still runs. Amazing!
The premise that merely by having a phone I've automatically invited people to call is seriouly flawed. Using the same logic, by having a car, you are inviting people to ride in it? Take it for a drive? Steal it? Where is the line drawn?
By owning a house, you are inviting people in out of the rain? I mean, it does have a door. Now, you don't have to answer it, however, I have the right to knock on it any time of the day or night, disturbing your existence, at will, and to hell with the fact that I just woke you up at 3:00am?
I think you would be calling the police after the first time, or depending on the state you're in, shooting me for trespassing.
As for me, I am going to prevail of my right to ignore you from this point forward for I feel you are preaching something you would not like practiced on you. In other words, this thread is now in a state of pretermission.
Actually, to use your analogy, if my house were on fire, the purpose of my phone being installed would be for ME to call the fire department before vacating the premises.
Your basic premise is that just because I have a communication device that I should be subject to any invasion of privacy incurred via that device. btw: what is your cell number? I'm sure some people would love to use your own premise against you!
Having a phone connected to the phone network is basically an invitation for people to call you. If you don't want people to call you, then your options are a) don't have a phone, b) provide reasonable notice in advance to those people you don't want to call you, or c) tell people who have called, not to call again.
Having a phone connected to the network means that I am willing to pay for a service to place calls for my benefit, such as calling my family to keep in touch, etc, or for them to call me. I am not paying to have someone else call me that I did not personally and explicitly invite to call. That's why there's an unlisted number option on my phone lines. To say that having a phone is an invitation to pester me is absurd. Also, I pick up the phone because it may be a call IMPORTANT to me, such as my kid needs to be picked up at the theater or early from school, etc.
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Not only did I build quite a few of just about everything, I worked at the store in Omaha until I graduated from high school. What an education! Still have my H89/H77 combination. Booted it up a couple years ago. Still runs. Amazing!
The premise that merely by having a phone I've automatically invited people to call is seriouly flawed. Using the same logic, by having a car, you are inviting people to ride in it? Take it for a drive? Steal it? Where is the line drawn? By owning a house, you are inviting people in out of the rain? I mean, it does have a door. Now, you don't have to answer it, however, I have the right to knock on it any time of the day or night, disturbing your existence, at will, and to hell with the fact that I just woke you up at 3:00am? I think you would be calling the police after the first time, or depending on the state you're in, shooting me for trespassing. As for me, I am going to prevail of my right to ignore you from this point forward for I feel you are preaching something you would not like practiced on you. In other words, this thread is now in a state of pretermission.
Actually, to use your analogy, if my house were on fire, the purpose of my phone being installed would be for ME to call the fire department before vacating the premises. Your basic premise is that just because I have a communication device that I should be subject to any invasion of privacy incurred via that device. btw: what is your cell number? I'm sure some people would love to use your own premise against you!
Having a phone connected to the phone network is basically an invitation for people to call you. If you don't want people to call you, then your options are a) don't have a phone, b) provide reasonable notice in advance to those people you don't want to call you, or c) tell people who have called, not to call again.
Having a phone connected to the network means that I am willing to pay for a service to place calls for my benefit, such as calling my family to keep in touch, etc, or for them to call me. I am not paying to have someone else call me that I did not personally and explicitly invite to call. That's why there's an unlisted number option on my phone lines. To say that having a phone is an invitation to pester me is absurd. Also, I pick up the phone because it may be a call IMPORTANT to me, such as my kid needs to be picked up at the theater or early from school, etc.