On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 21:45 -0500, David VanHorn wrote:
> >  Because where would it end?
> >
> >  What about in church? What about on a bus? What about in a restaurant?
> >
> >  Where is the line drawn, and who draws it?
> >
> >  Frankly, the less big brother is "taking care" of me, the better.
> 
> I agree, but I see a "request for quiet mode" as far less of a problem
> than jamming, which some places are resorting to already.

Jamming will not continue. In many places it's already illegal. In
others it will eventually become illegal.

There are many reasons for this, one is the lobbying power of the cell
providers, jamming takes money out of their pockets.

Liability is another. If jamming becomes pervasive it won't be long
before lawsuits and possibly even criminal proceedings start. All it
takes is one case where a cell user couldn't call 911 and someone died
to trigger an onslaught of the courts against jamming.

Even people avoiding places that are jamming will result in jamming
dissappearing. Most people think jamming in a movie theatre is a good
idea (for the record I don't but then, I rarely go to movie theatres
anymore, they are slowly dieing and likely won't be around much longer),
until your family can't reach you to tell you your daugter is giving
birth because you were in a theatre that had jamming.

TTYL
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