[SICSEMPERTYRANNUS]

If Congress banned everything that was obnoxious on planes they would never able to fly.

[Spktyr]

So, basically, they don’t want people to be able to say goodbye to their loved ones when terrorists take over the airplane. Great.

[weegee]

When will Congress ban the Spork and end the battle over who gets the armrest in movie theaters?

[UCANSEE2]

“Cell phone calls on airplanes in flight are not only unsafe, they’re obnoxious and they should be permanently banned,”

Only if it’s the pilot.

[Drango]

I’m not sure I support government regulation (OK, I’m a filthy liar, ban cigarettes!) but this law resonates with me.

[Steely Tom]

How about “no annoying liberal congressmen?”

[CindyDawg]

It really must be nice to get paid to go around making laws , everytime something annoys you.

[Gay State Conservative]

But as is so often the case,Congressturds will exempt themselves from the cell phone ban on planes.And they'll do it because *they're* important and,thus,have *important* things to say..

[chiefqc]

Congress, and most all of our elected thieves,are obnoxious but they don't seem to care what the voters think.

[Cobra64]

I always make certain that I turn off my cell phone before boarding the aircraft.

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[Revolting cat!]

It seems that we as a society have traded in the nicotine habit for the cellphone habit. Lung cancer from one, brain tumors from the other!

[rawhide]

I agree. Except for text-messaging, I have no problem with that, unless it is a safety matter.

[Mister Da]

“You are trying to legislate courtesy, folks, and that just doesn't work,” Mica said.

Yep. The nannies are a constant source of nuisance laws.

Yes, I detest loud people in enclosed spaces. Cellphone or not. But we don't need to make rudeness illegal. That's crazy! And that is where these kinds of laws are taking us! (I guess the 3rd violation would be a felony, taking away your guns & vote).

If we have freedom of speech, then that implies we have the freedom to communicate. A phone call is conversation - it is speech. Shall we ban conversation on planes, trains, elevators, or on the sidewalk? If a one-sided phone conversation is bad, isn't a two-sided conversation twice as bad?

The phone is not the problem, the user is! People that are rightly offended by loud, vulgar, and/or inappropriate conversation need to speak up or ignore it, as has always been the custom.

[longun45]

What do you wanna bet it wont apply to congressmen, aides, or senators.