[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.

[CindyDawg]

What amazes me though is that attendence being down is blamed on an occasional cell phone irritation. When they do their polls , asking people what they don't like about theaters, I wonder if they include content. Do you ever thing they might have a moments thought that we just don't like what they are showing? The beeper, the crying baby, the love birds... all of that is workable but it's hard to sit thru a bad movie.