Some close friends of mine have been raped, and I get the overwhelming impression from them that rape has about as much in common with the sale of financial databases as it does with Rice-a-Roni. Find a better analogy, or you'll sound about as credible as those who insist the Internet teems with pedophilic bombers who push dope outside preschools.
Sorry if my choice of words offended you.. the intent was to express the feeling of being violated without consent. Perhaps I should have used the term violated or some other less violent term. The point being, I did not give permission for my records to be distributed, nor did I see a disclaimer on my credit cards that states that the transactions I make will be sold off to mailing houses in order to target me for additional sales. RobL