Should our government have a “kill switch” to turn off cell phone communication?

Posted by deleted 10 years, 8 months ago to Government
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  • Posted by johnmahler 10 years, 8 months ago
    I agree with the last line of the article, absolutely.
    "Our Constitution guarantees the right of free speech and free exchange of ideas, and we must say “no” to any kill switch bill that threatens these important rights."
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  • Posted by woodlema 10 years, 8 months ago
    Government should have a kill switch for phone, internet, highways, and even people, Government need to have and retain absolute power and control over any and all behavior the Government deems "unacceptable", because we know everyone would be happy, and content since nobody would have any more than anyone else and never have to want for anything ever again.

    Oh Wait!!!

    Stalin, Marx Hitler, the Pharos's, all tried that and it did not and has never worked.

    Never mind, Government should NEVER have the power to remove that kind of PRIVATE freedom. The Phones, airwaves, companies, and technologies are NOT owned by the government. Or are they?
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Then we are surely doomed... one EMP strike away from total annihilation.

    Strangely - I have a landline phone. My cellphone stays in my work truck. I don't have a phone - opr internet connection - in my shop. And I'm not dead yet.

    Even worse - how did we EVER survive without cellphones? Computers? Microwave Ovens? 300 channels on TV and 62 music channels? Vehicles that didn't have to think for the drivers?

    Sorry, but I disagree.
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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 10 years, 8 months ago
    Solving a non-problem instead of the real problems.
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  • Posted by $ jlc 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    But we are such interesting fruits and nuts...!

    Really, Wiggys, one has other considerations than the political climate in originally choosing a home - and then financial and business commitments make it difficult to leave. I have thought about doing so...

    Jan
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  • Posted by $ jlc 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Fred.

    I would say that you have hit the nail on the head. If the government hands out free cell phones to people and wants to put a kill switch in those specific phones: that is the right of the entity that paid for the phones (ie the gov).

    But our cell phones are paid for by individuals or private corporations - this is not the government's business. It is not their prerogative to take this away.

    Jan
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  • Posted by Fountainhead24 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I agree as far as Thom goes. I've been listening to him for years and some things I agree with but he also has some wacky ideas that I don't.
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  • Posted by Fountainhead24 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The government can already track us by out use of credit and debit cards. I suppose they could also shut those off if they wanted to.
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  • Posted by j_IR1776wg 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "...Seriously, is it so important to be connected 24/7..."
    Yes Susanne it is!
    As Dewey explained "I believe that all education proceeds by the participation of the individual in the social consciousness of the race." The very thought of being disconnected, of living as a separate entity, is frightening to those raised and taught this philosophy. My guess is that the government can get these collectivists to do anything they want them to do with merely the threat of being unable to connect.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 10 years, 8 months ago
    Comrade citizens, always strive to be humble and obedient before your loving Animal Farm more than equal elite betters, who always know what is best for little you.
    The price for becoming uppity is having your fun gadget toys switched off by those in charge of your tough love when needed.
    So practice the virtue of knowing when to shut up and sit down. Know thy place.
    You may now raise a fist and issue that 60s hippy cry of "Power to the people!"
    Uh . . . . . . . . .yeah, guess that's what you kinda commie have.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 10 years, 8 months ago
    If it were up to me, I not only would not give the government another tool to limit our freedoms, I would eliminate nine thenths of all the laws on the books now, including state and local. It would be like getting a breath of fresh country air for the first time.
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  • Posted by Stormi 10 years, 8 months ago
    Having stayed with my Grandparents in Calif. during summer breaks during the 60s, I quickly learned those people are different, and got a lot of free stuff even then. Reason seemed to be something they did not bother with. However, take their cell freedom away, maybe it will wake them up to the tyrannical power of government.
    I rarely use my cell, but the fear is, it could spread to the Internet, landlines, cars, etc. I did find out that OnStar could not turn off my Camaro, when I was up to renew, and found that if stolen, my Camaro could not be disabled..
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Go ahead. Please do. If I don't participate, it's only because I have a little time on the weekends that I don't have during the academic year. My "shrug job" requires me to work 70 hours per week to do it properly. The first 55 hours per week don't even feel like work. They pay me well, but I'd make a lot more with my own business.
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 8 months ago
    What I wonder is how many people will cease to exist if we went back to the way things were when I was in school - no cellphone, no internet, and somehow we didn't all curl up and die... Seriously, is it so important to be connected 24/7 that we would need to have that damned device surgically removed? Someone mentioned Archie Bunker below - yet when that show was shot, people had neither a cellphone nor in internet connection, neither facebook nor twit ter, and yet they seemed to function.
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Because some of us have to remain vigilant to keep the libtards and moochers at bay. And ya never know - we may end up as our own state up here anyway...
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  • Posted by airfredd22 10 years, 8 months ago
    The sheer audacity of the California legislature and governor never cease to amaze me. How does any government assume the right to interfere with communication networks that are paid for by the individual citizen?

    No interference can be tolerated, not to mention that the very concept of such legislation is unconstitutional on its face.

    This action must be stopped, we must draw a line that may not be crossed by these corrupt and ignorant politicians. That they are power grabbing politicians goes without saying and should be clear to everyone nationwide. As to their ignorance of the Constitution that separates our nation from every other should also be as clear as the sun rising every day. Throw all the bums out should be our motto in the next election and every election thereafter.

    Fred Speckmann
    commonsenseforamericans@yahoo.com
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  • Posted by wiggys 10 years, 8 months ago
    the reality as I see it is that someone or more than one WANT to take more and more and more of our freedoms away. and this is just one more nail in the coffin of FREEDOM. you can explore all of the points you want but the bottom line is LOSS OF FREEDOM and we are losing it almost daily as we find out that more and more laws HAVE ALREADY been put on the books.
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  • Posted by wiggys 10 years, 8 months ago
    I do not understand why any people of intelligence chose to live in California. if this proposal were to pass and become law all cell phones will be built with the ability to turn them off. the saying that california is the land of the fruits and nuts is quite accurate.
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  • Posted by brewby 10 years, 8 months ago
    Oh, I don't know. Silencing those Fruits, Flakes and Nuts from CALIFORNIA might no be such a bad idea after all.
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