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Cell Phone Jamming on the Rise
netbuzz writes "It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone either, as the number of inconsiderate dolts who yammer away oblivious to the disruptions their yapping is causing those around them continues to rise. Pocket-sized cell jammers are becoming a hot item, while proprietors of restaurants and the like look to defend themselves as well. Yes it's illegal, but given that the rudeness is pretty close to criminal as well, it's unlikely to stop any time soon."
I never understood the incredible animosity towards cell phone users, especially from such a tech friendly crowd.
Is it just the societally reinforced image that talking on a cell phone == bad?
Is it leftover class envy from when they used to cost more than a landline?
Are you jealous they're talking to someone and seeming happy while you're walking down the street or eating dinner by yourself?
If you're in a public place, you're going to be surrounded by the sounds of people talking. I don't understand how hearing a person talking on a cell phone is any more disruptive than hearing them talk to the person next to them.
If they're loud and obnoxious, ok, they're loud and obnoxious, but these are the type of people who would be loud and obnoxious talking to their friend who was two feet away. You'd probably sit there thinking....what a jerk/bitch, but you'd never file it away under "something I can prevent" because its just talking.
Cell phones have just become a scapegoat for being annoyed by....annoying people.
yes it's a shame that people will sue a technology that improves society into oblivion because they could not be bothered to stay at home for that important, life-critical phone call. or maybe *gasp* stay at the bedside of the sick instead of going out partying until they get that fateful call.
grow a fucking pair. cellphones are a scourge plain and simple and until people learn (haha that's the best one! expecting retarded monkeys to learn anything) to be civil, blocking them from places that should be islands of peace should be legal.
1. someone has a heart attack? use the landline. businesses will always have one, even if only for the fax and/or CC machine
2. your kid is sick and awaiting a heart transplant? wtf are you doing partying?
3. an unexpected phone call saying your father has a heart attack? well though shit. knowing 10 minutes early will not save him, YOU can't do anything about it. at best you can give him some comfort, at worst you'll get shoved out of his room for being an annoying fuck. finish your dinner, whoever is trying to reach you can do it after
Law enfarcement has to ask permission now to break the law? I thought they'd been doig that for ages?
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