Curmudgeonly & Skeptical

I would agree except for the fact that you have to affirmatively sign up for the Do Not Call list.

If there was a law that let you tell the post office, please stop delivering political mail to my house, I'd support that too.

Ditto what spoons said. They're not making telemarketing illegal. They're giving you a means to opt out.

It seems to me that to be against that is to say that you have a right to free speech, but no right not to listen people speaking freely should you choose not to.

The other issue I have with telemarketing as a free speech issue, (and I don't think there's a legal foundation for my position), is that even if you have a right to free speech, you shouldn't have a right to speak freely IN MY HOUSE without my prior consent or invitation. And calling me at dinner trying to sell me something is tantamount to coming into my house with a sales pitch uninvited. It would seem to me that my right to the enjoyment of the peace and quiet of my own home (my one-year-old notwithstanding) should supercede your right to free speech in my home.

The road to perdition ...