How is this possible? We have been chided over and over and over again on HN by the fine citizens of the E.U. that unsolicited telemarketing calls are purely a

How is this possible? We have been chided over and over and over again on HN by the fine citizens of the E.U. that unsolicited telemarketing calls are purely an American problem, are completely unheard of in Europe, and that this never happens in "civilized" nations with "a functioning legal system."