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4 commentsThursday, April 17, 2008

House Bill Would Ban The Use Of Cell Phones On Planes

Noise and safety a concern

4 Comments

By Rob (WPN reader) - Mon, 04/21/2008 - 07:25

Let the free market work!

Instead of legislating, why not let the airlines decide. Let each compete to see who has the best cell phone free flights. It's obvious that the airline industry wants customers, so if there is a public outcry they will conform. Even if some of them don't, they should have the right to pursue the niche market of their choice. If a person doesn't like listening to the guy next to them, they can complain or fly another airline.

Not everything needs to be legislated. The private sector can handle most problems without it, but most importantly people should be free even if it means they are free to be rude. Less government intervention into most aspects of life will make the USA a better place.

By Gerard (WPN reader) - Sun, 04/20/2008 - 09:45

Free country?

Curious how long before some other moron will bring up the constitutional right to counter this nonsense. Next there will be a night clock that silences every phone at a certain time of night. One step closer to communism it seems like...geez indeed!

By Arwen Taylor (WPN reader) - Sun, 04/20/2008 - 08:35

Thank Goodness

It's bad enough having to deal with this on the ground. I'm not going to pay $300-1000 to have to deal with it in the air.

By Guest (WPN reader) - Thu, 04/17/2008 - 17:43

Inane conversations

I'd rather have the Federal government get involved in policing the quality of those conversations when I have to listen to BOTH ends of the convesation. There is nothing more annoying than listening to a couple of blow hards talk about how they are going to create a monopoly for computer operating systems. blah, blah, blah, evil laughter, blah government, blah, blah, blah, back pocket... geez - what a stupid and intrusive proposal.