03-17-2006, 08:31 AM
Hi,
If someone starts using his/her cell phone in a movie theatre, a snide or witty remark can encourage other people to say something against the offender as well, and I have seen what an embarassing moment in public, or the scorn of the majority, can do to other people's behavior. <_<
Of course movie theatres don't care about educating the public, but I at least wouldn't like to see cell phone jammers there.
-Kylearan
Drasca,Mar 16 2006, 02:36 PM Wrote:No manners from some is a fair assumption to make. Lesson? Unless they're escorted out of the theatre, no lesson will be accepted.I'm not so sure about that. It's the general principle behind the jamming idea that I'm worried about, that we give up on trying to show our surroundings what we think good manners are, that we stop putting peer pressure on others when they show rude behavior. Instead, we go the often easier path of removing their ability to show rude behavior in the first place (their cell phones can't ring anymore). Sure, that will get rid of the annoyance, but these same people will behave rudely in other situations again, not having learned just how many people will get mad at them if they fail to think what effect their actions have on others.
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If someone starts using his/her cell phone in a movie theatre, a snide or witty remark can encourage other people to say something against the offender as well, and I have seen what an embarassing moment in public, or the scorn of the majority, can do to other people's behavior. <_<
Of course movie theatres don't care about educating the public, but I at least wouldn't like to see cell phone jammers there.
-Kylearan
There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, "This is new, and therefore better." - John Brunner, The Shockwave Rider