Actually the instance I'm aware of is a Church ( in Mexico)
where the proprietor OD'd on services being interrupted by
ringing phones ...


On 2/27/08, Herbert Graf <mailinglist4@farcite.net> wrote:
>
> 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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