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    Default How to Stop Religious Door Knockers

    There was a previous posting from 2008 about this that has since been closed for discussion. The summary was that pushing their religion was not considered a violation of individual rights and was considered too small of an issue for the courts.

    I am restarting this issue because the previous discussion failed (and it appears the courts fail) to consider the bigger picture of what these religious door knockers are actually doing: community profiling. That is, they are gathering information about you and presumably recording it in some database. Information like: how many people live here, what are their ages, what do they believe, etc. Presumably they use this information to decide who to do business with (or not), or who is good enough, or some other perverted reason.

    It is ironic that it's the religious groups that are doing exactly what Hitler's henchmen were doing when they profiled the Jews in their communities...but this type of profiling is also done by political parties and their door-knocking campaigns.

    So, rather than discuss the issue around selling religion and freedom of speech, what about the issue of profiling? Isn't that a violation of an individual's privacy, regardless of which group (political, police, religious, etc.) is doing the profiling? Does the individual have any privacy rights? Please excuse my ignorance...that is why I am asking.

    I am particularly interested because I live in a smallish community of around 15,000 people, so it's pretty easy for the various religious groups to compile a profile of every household. I'd like to be able to accuse them of illegal profiling and quote some individual/human rights violation/law or something similar. I am also considering doing a crowd-sourcing (or some such method) the funding to take them to court. I am hoping this forum can provide me with some knowledge about the legal issue of profiling and whether or not it has been dealt with effectively by the courts, before I take on such a time-intensive mission.

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    Hitler's henchmen? Really?

    You just failed Trolling 101.

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    Default Re: How to Stop Religious Door Knockers

    You're using the internet. You've already been profiled by millions of companies and you don't even know it.

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    You're using the internet. You've already been profiled by millions of companies and you don't even know it.
    wtf are you talking about now?

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    If it's a crime? Of course it is.

    As to getting it prosecuted; maybe, maybe not.

    usually saying this (with phone in hand); hold on a second. I'm calling the police right now to report your trespass since you ignored my warning sign.

    that usually gets them to hightail it it of there and not come back.
    I understand that your lawyers and logic apparently isn't your strong suit. However, if you say hold on a second, that would mean that you've already called the police.

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    I understand that your lawyers and logic apparently isn't your strong suit. However, if you say hold on a second, that would mean that you've already called the police.
    Oh, the irony. You can leave now.

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    Oh, the irony. You can leave now.
    I'm not going anywhere. I'm just saying for having so much power over the lives of others. You're not very sharp.

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    I've never seen this as a big deal.

    Religious groups show up at my door around once a year. I just tell them thanks, but we already have a God, that we're not interesting in changing at this time and I close the door. It's painless, uncomplicated and takes about five seconds.

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    Yeah, this is only really an issue if you engage them. Don't answer their questions and politely ask them to leave.

    Or do as others sometimes suggest and answer the door naked. They probably won't be back after that.

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    So, rather than discuss the issue around selling religion and freedom of speech, what about the issue of profiling? Isn't that a violation of an individual's privacy, regardless of which group (political, police, religious, etc.) is doing the profiling? Does the individual have any privacy rights? Please excuse my ignorance...that is why I am asking.
    There are two problems with this. First and foremost, you are making the illogical assumption that all religious canvassers are gathering detailed data to enter into some database. There is nothing about canvassing to spread your religious beliefs that automatically compels the conclusion that information gathering is being conducted. Could some group be doing that? Sure. Do most such groups do it? No, they don’t.

    Second, like many Americans, you seem to believe that your rights to privacy are much greater than they really are. The law actually only protects your privacy in certain specified instances. For example, there are rules that specify privacy for certain information that the government, financial institutions, health care providers, and schools have concerning you. But much information about you is not protect by any law. For example, most information your employer has about you is not protected by any law. Your name, address, phone number, etc., are not protected from disclosure by most persons who have that information (aside from those institutions I've already mentioned). No law prohibits an organization from gathering such information, either.

    It is up to you what information to give out when answering your door or even whether to open your door at all. The person at your door cannot record information you refuse to give, after all. You are the best protector of your own information.

    You won’t get reglious canvassers barred on a theory that they are gathering information to be recorded somewhere because of those two flaws. Most groups aren’t canvassing to gather up information to put into some database and even if they were, that’s not illegal or a violation of any of your rights.

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    I've never seen this as a big deal.

    Religious groups show up at my door around once a year. I just tell them thanks, but we already have a God, that we're not interesting in changing at this time and I close the door. It's painless, uncomplicated and takes about five seconds.
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    Yeah, this is only really an issue if you engage them. Don't answer their questions and politely ask them to leave.

    Or do as others sometimes suggest and answer the door naked. They probably won't be back after that.
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    You're using the internet. You've already been profiled by millions of companies and you don't even know it.
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    There are two problems with this. First and foremost, you are making the illogical assumption that all religious canvassers are gathering detailed data to enter into some database. There is nothing about canvassing to spread your religious beliefs that automatically compels the conclusion that information gathering is being conducted. Could some group be doing that? Sure. Do most such groups do it? No, they don’t.

    Second, like many Americans, you seem to believe that your rights to privacy are much greater than they really are. The law actually only protects your privacy in certain specified instances. For example, there are rules that specify privacy for certain information that the government, financial institutions, health care providers, and schools have concerning you. But much information about you is not protect by any law. For example, most information your employer has about you is not protected by any law. Your name, address, phone number, etc., are not protected from disclosure by most persons who have that information (aside from those institutions I've already mentioned). No law prohibits an organization from gathering such information, either.

    It is up to you what information to give out when answering your door or even whether to open your door at all. The person at your door cannot record information you refuse to give, after all. You are the best protector of your own information.

    You won’t get reglious canvassers barred on a theory that they are gathering information to be recorded somewhere because of those two flaws. Most groups aren’t canvassing to gather up information to put into some database and even if they were, that’s not illegal or a violation of any of your rights.
    ^^^ All of these.

    I woke up extra prickly this morning. Coffee will help

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