[andrew roman]

I agree with youy whole-heartedly.
The over-arching point of my article is not to praise cell phones. It is the lament of the loss of values.

It isn’t about the technology.

Thanks much for the comments!

[Uncle Ike]

I agree with your basic thesis — I argue with your choice of example...

The core problem is that the “DECENT CITIZENS AGAINST JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING”, and the Legal System Lottery, have conspired to attempt remove any risk from human exixtence — hence kids on bicycles more heavily armored than Crusading Knights, and draconian Zero Tolerance Policies everywhere...

Advocating cell phone use by children on the theory that they *need* to be ‘in touch’ with parental units 24/7 would seem to be part of the cotton-wrapping.....