Buzz Out Loud Lounge: Legislation that would force your camera phone to click...

(NT) Aren't there hungry people to be fed?

The noise can be embarrassing...

When I first got my current phone I hadn't gone through and really set everything up yet. This would include disabling the camera sound. It just wasn't first on my list of things to do.

That quickly changed when I was in the restroom at my office one day with the phone in my pocket. I had forgotten to lock the keys and the camera went off in my pocket. I had to hide in the stall until everyone was gone. Didn't want my coworkers thinking I was taking pictures in the bathroom!

I agree with the above... punish the offenders and not everyone. I think it would also be a bad thing for people who have used their cameras to capture "in the act" things and given the images to police. Would you want to snap a picture on the subway or bus of something happening that shouldn't if you would risk being noticed? It could just end up encouraging the offender to try to take your phone or worse. Just a thought...

I find that the majority of proposed legislation

is more about posturing for ones constituency than it is about proposing a well thought out and effective solution that is actually constitutional.

Representatives can be such cynical bottom feeders sometimes.

Not sure if that's a good idea.

Mob rule and inflamed partisan politics is exactly what the representatives are playing to. Making it more of a numbers game just makes things even worse.

Most of the numbskulls to which representatives are trying to appeal are unaware that the majority does not always rule in our form of government. They do not understand the difference between a pure democracy and a republic and they find the courts to be a nuisance against the "will of the people".

I would have to look at the details.

Referendums could tip the balance too much in the direction of mob rule. Laws by referendum might be OK. But those laws need to always be subject to a larger Constitution that protects the rights of the minority from the tyranny of the majority.

Situations such as those in California where a simple majority vote can change the Constitution by referendum is unacceptable. At that point a Constitution stands for nothing other than the passions of the day.

dumb.similar to not being able to turn off your phone GPS...

dumb. similar to not being able to turn off your phone GPS...

There are other ways to address predators. also, expecting perfection is a pipe-dream. however, I'm not yet sure what I would say, face to face, with a person who has had a horrific experience as a result of an encounter with a predator...

Best,
Shalin

(NT) exactly...