[CindyDawg]

So doctors, nurses and other emergency responders should not go to movies. These are the people that don't really cause a problem. We have learned how to minimize disturbances of others. Instead of crying to Uncle Sam, why not just keep an usher in the theater and enforce the rules?

[twinzmommy]

Thank you -- I was about to ask the same question.

*boggles*

Blocking isn't the answer. And I too will not go to a theater that uses it.

[ScreamingFist]

So doctors, nurses and other emergency responders should not go to movies. These are the people that don't really cause a problem.

Not at all. These jammers don't block the signal, they transmit a signal in the moblie spectrum reserved for control signals between the phone and base tower. The phone just displays a "no signal" message. They also enable configuration of "live spots" in certain areas in the dead zones, allowing professionals that have to have communication access to mobiles.

[xrp]

Instead of crying to Uncle Sam, why not just keep an usher in the theater and enforce the rules?

Instead of making a knee-jerk anti-free market post, why not just read the article and discover that the theaters are asking the government to remove the government barrier to them running the business the way they see fit?

[Unknown Pundit]

Instead of crying to Uncle Sam, why not just keep an usher in the theater and enforce the rules?

You are absolutely right. The theaters owners trying to block cell phone signals are no different than the "zero-tolerance" policies seen in schools. In their minds, it's simpler and less painful to ban all signals, rather than policing their own premises for patrons disturbing other patrons by using cell phones, talking, screamin babies, etc.