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Re: FCC closes telemarketing loophole used by scammers

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There is no difficulty in detection There is a lack of will

If there is no difficulty in detection, then there is no need to go after a proxy (the product manufacturers) instead of the perpetrators (the telemarketing companies).

Everyone knowingly involved should go to prison. I thought I made that clear

Re: FCC closes telemarketing loophole used by scammers

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No I stand by that statement. You knew you were in a scammer company. Actions need to have consequences. But they currently have none

Presumably, you work for a company that sells stuff. How familiar are you with your sales department and everything they do? Are you willing to go to jail if you're wrong?

I'm very familiar with their sales tactics and they are legal. They don't commit felonies on every single call. If I knowingly found out they were commiting crimes and did nothing I am guilty.

Re: FCC closes telemarketing loophole used by scammers

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This is supposed to be a forum for civil discourse. As someone who lives in Texas but has friends and family all over the country, I don't find banning all my calls from crossing state lines to be a very civil suggestion. How about all the calls that spoof Illinois numbers that call my Illinois-numbered cell phone? How is keeping me from calling my mother going to stop that? Fuck your ban.

Easily. It's the nuclear option. The state of Texas will make arrests for the illegal Industry they allow. It will force action. One day later you can call your mother And please don't give me a lecture about civil discourse. I clearly stated my opinion If I am banned. Fuck my ban as you clearly stated

The reason people are reacting badly to this is that your suggestion amounts to collective punishment, which is widely recognized as a human rights concern. Your suggestion is uncivilized. We've got a right to critique it. If you feel "lectured," that's your problem.

Re: FCC closes telemarketing loophole used by scammers

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You clearly stated your opinion that people in Texas should not be allowed to call people in other states. That's what you clearly stated.

Yes I did. What point we're you attempting to make.

My point is why are you trying to punish 25 million Texans and 18 million Floridians for a bunch of people in India using VOIP to make calls appear as if they're from all over the US? How is that effective or ethical?

Wouldn't it make more sense to punish the phone companies letting them do this? Is this just prejudicial hatred on your part against a couple of states you don't like for some reason?

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