In 2002 two firms, Direct Magazine and Yankelovich, Inc. surveyed consumers concerning their attitude about direct marketing. When they published the results on the Internet the first thing said in its introduction was:
Both firms are involved in the direct marketing (junk mail) industry. And what do they think of folks who complain about the barrage of junk mail they receive?  That they are barraged by our "meaningless opinions".

Nice! They bury us with their trash, steal our private information, and if we object, they essentially tell us to, 'Shut-up and be a good victim. Don't bother us with your stupid complaints!'

The charts below illuminate our "meaningless opinion" about their sociopathic business practices.

From:  http://images.directmag.com/files/151/chart3.gif 85% get too much junk mail

From:  http://images.directmag.com/files/151/chart5.gif 88% do not want their data sold [Note: The survey was taken prior to national do-not-call list's creation. Folks likely consider the sale of their private data to junk mailers just as objectionable, now.]