more on In-flight cellphone proposal hits static [rewritten]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

If this is true why do they allow inflight phones

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From: Charles Pinneo <pinneo () sbcglobal net>
Date: June 16, 2005 11:12:44 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: Bob Frankston <rmf31a () bobf frankston com>
Subject: Re: [IP] In-flight cellphone proposal hits static [rewritten]


Common sense says that the real reason cell phones are banned is that  
people are seated very close together. Therefore it becomes even more  
obnoxious.

Charlie Pinneo
pinneo () sbcglobal net
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On Jun 16, 2005, at 8:20 PM, David Farber wrote:


> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Bob Frankston <rmf31a () bobf frankston com>
> Date: June 16, 2005 5:16:42 PM EDT
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: In-flight cellphone proposal hits static [rewritten]
>
>
> Personally the cell phone ban in itself is not a pressing issue  
> because my orifice (Verizon) forwards my cell calls to the plan and  
> also gives me discounted usage. What’s important is that the FCC is  
> admitting (even if with some comments about needing research) that  
> the ban on cell phones was based on hunches and superstition. Not  
> only that, it compounded the myth to the point that I sometimes am  
> told I must shut off my camera because it is digital
>
>
>
> Notice who this attract “add-on” social policy because “we all  
> know” that cell phone users are obnoxious..
>
>
>
> From the story: Gayle James doesn't want the Federal Communications  
> Commission to lift its in-flight ban on cellphones in airplanes,  
> and here's why:
>
>
>
> ''I was seated next to a very loud man who was explaining his next  
> porn movie on his cellphone," wrote James, of Shelton, Wash.  
> ''Everyone on that plane was subjected to his explicit blabbering.  
> Should cell use during flight be allowed, we had all better be  
> prepared for a whole lot of air rage going on."
>
>
>
> Maybe the real reason for keeping the ban is that they can’t afford  
> to remove all those “No PED” (personal electronic devices) that  
> they installed because everyone knows that cell phones make planes  
> crash. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – a lot of  
> superstition and stereotyping is even worse.
>
>
>
> I’ve been though this before when trying to give my wife directions  
> to a family gathering. I was told that I was one of those obnoxious  
> people who showed off by using cell phones. When the clueless rule  
> those with a clue are heretics who must be punished.
>
>
>
> Even though the plane isn’t necessarily a “first amendment” zone,  
> this is yet another reminder of how easy it is use a “just so”  
> story as a cover for acting on ones fear and use it as an excuse  
> for imposing them on others.
>
>
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> The following appeared on Boston.com:
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> Headline: In-flight cellphone proposal hits static
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> Date:     June 16, 2005
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> "Gayle James doesn't want the Federal Communications Commission to
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> lift its in-flight ban on cellphones in airplanes, and here's why:"
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