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FCC Sued to Allow Cell Phone Jammers
stevew writes "A small company in Florida is trying to take on the FCC in an attempt to make their Cell phone jamming product legal. Their main argument seems to be that the Communications act of 1934 conflicts with the HomeLand Security Act — so the Communications act has to go." From the article: "Local and state law enforcement agencies, which would be the first responders to a terrorist attack here at home, are prohibited by law from obtaining such gear. 'It just doesn't make much sense that the FBI can use this equipment, but that the local and state governments, which the Homeland Security Act has acknowledged as being an important part of combating terrorism, cannot,' said Howard Melamed, chief executive of CellAntenna. 'We give local police guns and other equipment to protect the public, but we can't trust them with cellular-jamming equipment? It doesn't make sense.'"
Do local cops currently have the ability to jam landline phones?
You can't bring your landline phone to a movie theater or a restaurant. If you want to be a rude prick, that's fine, I just don't want you around me.
I say let the market decide. Have restaurants and movie theaters that have a cell phone jamming device and see who spends more money - the people who want a night out to enjoy themselves or the ass hats who think that because they are a paying customer they have a right to disrupt people's enjoyment of what they paid for - their food or their seat at the movie.
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By his line of thought, backdoor programs should be in every OS, so TERRERISTS can't hide their actions. OMG! Think of all the child Porn People We could catch! THINK OF THE CHILDREN! Don't tell me you are siding with the Child Porn People!
PGP (and its ilk) should have a Master Government Key to keep TERRERISTS from hiding data!
We shouldn't allow libraries to exist. After all TERRORISTAS can learn how to make bombs at one!
Footwear!! Lets make all footwear illegal! TERRORISTS all had footwear. Everyone should have thin sandals with small straps. If it was good enough for JESUS it will be good enough for everyone!!!!
Try it with breastfeeding and see how far it gets you. Try it with the niggers, spics, kikes and crackers (depending on who you hate) and see how far it gets you. Your property rights end when they violate my rights if you are operating a business for the consumption of the general public.
This is a stupid argument to be having anyway. Why do they need to ban cell phones? Ban the morons that abuse them and ruin it for everybody else.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
I'm sorry, but if you're that important, maybe you should stay home and rent a movie. That way, when some incredibly important shit happens, you can just hit pause. And surely somebody as important as yourself can afford a gigantic home theatre system anyway, so why go out? Or do you just like to ruin other people's attempts to have a good time?
What the fuck is so important that it can't wait two hours and makes you feel justified in ruining the night of a theatre full of people?
Maybe not
"Be a wiseass all you want but you don't have the right to disrupt my communications."
says who?
You're on theater property, of course they have the right to block you're communications.
In case of energency they can deactivate the blocker.
You seem to believe you are more important then everyone else in the theater, and you are not.
They would get any liability because they would post a sign.
Stupid and egotistical...well done.
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