I have lived for many, many years within three miles of the city center and do not understand the uproar over salesmen making house calls.

Typical of this society, these people haven't the minimum amount of backbone to tell these people: "No." These people need to live on a farm with a fence, not in or near a city. They have to band together behind the color of law thereby making still another regulation that constricts our lives in this country.

They don't mind enjoying the benefits of the economy that is helped by the activities of the salespeople who go out and make the economy move, but unless it directly benefits their individual pockets, they don't want to be bothered.

Dieter Schmied, Walnut Hills

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Telemarkers won't accept no for answer

Anyone who sends me an unsolicited e-mail, or who calls my phone is an intrusion on my privacy. The worst I ever had was a telemarketer, on Christmas Eve about 6 p.m., offering me credit card. You can believe he really got a lecture. Another company that wouldn't give a name and always asked for my husband. I would tell them he isn't home and then ask who is calling. They would reply, "This is a courtesy call and we'll call later." I would tell them it wouldn't do any good because he wouldn't talk to telemarketers and wouldn't answer phones. One man called so many times I finally had to really tell him to not call back. None of the companies using this method would say who they were. This made me very angry. Now when I get a call I immediately hang up. I can tolerate junk mail, I have the option of just pitching it in the trash, and I never answer the door to strangers.

A'Lucia L. Harper, Lawrenceburg