NEW YORK CITY CONSIDERING BANNING CELL PHONES AT PERFORMANCES
CNN's CROSSFIRE was debating the idea of banning cell phone use at public performances. I loathe the show because it's just talking heads regurgitating the party-line, but I caught the piece flipping through the channels. The conservative Robert Kovac didn't exactly make a good argument everyone could relate to when speaking against the bill. Kovac said he has never heard a cell phone go off when he's at the theater for Shakespeare and opera performances. The very simple argument against this bill is that it's one more nanny-state intrusion on our lives, and that theaters and businesses should be free to set their own rules and throw people out for violating them.