* My comments in red between stars *


England's commissioner for children and a civil liberties group joined in on a campaign Tuesday to ban high-frequency devices intended to drive misbehaving children away from shops and other areas.

The so-called "Mosquito" device emits high-frequency noise which is audible — and annoying — to young ears, but generally not heard by people over 20.

"This device is a quick fix that does not tackle the root cause of the problem and it is indiscriminate," English Children's Commissioner Al Aynsley-Green said.

The campaigners claim that about 3,500 of the devices, made by a Welsh company, are in use.

Aynsley-Green said in an interview with British Broadcasting Corp. radio that the devices do not tackle the real problem, which is that children have no place to gather other than on the streets.

"I think it is a powerful symptom of what I call the malaise at the heart of our society," he said.

"I'm very concerned about what I see to be an emerging gap between the young and the old, the fears, the intolerance, even the hatred, of the older generation toward the young."

* That goes both ways of course. Though both age groups have much to GAIN from one another they often hate one another.

Like many different groups do. You have your couples who "chose not to have kids" calling people with children "breeders."

Humans are still in the nasty savage stage of their evolution it would seem. Or God made us this way for some reason. I won't pretend I understand it. Maybe to teach us how NOT to be Nasty Savages ? *

Shami Chakrabarti, director of the civil rights group Liberty, supported the campaign.

"Imagine the outcry if a device was introduced that caused blanket discomfort to people of one race or gender, rather than to our kids," Chakrabarti said. "The 'Mosquito' has no place in a country that values its children and seeks to instill them with dignity and respect."

* I agree. "The 'Mosquito' has no place in a country that values its children and seeks to instill them with dignity and respect."

We're supposed to VALUE our children not run them off and treat them as irritations.

Glad SOMEBODIES speaking up for them. *

The Mosquito's inventor, Howard Stapleton, has called for agreement about guidelines for using the devices.

"We tell shopkeepers to use it when they have a problem and I would be more than happy to introduce a contract which stipulates to shopkeepers how it can be used," Stapleton was quoted as telling the Western Mail newspaper.

"People talk about infringing human rights but what about the human rights of the shopkeeper who is seeing his business collapse because groups of unruly teenagers are driving away his customers?"

* Shopkeepers can do what shopkeepers have done for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Chase the troublemakers off if and when they're causing TROUBLE.

Groups of unruly teenagers

If they're being that much trouble, call the police. *

FOXNews.com - British Group Wants to Ban Stores' Use of Sonic 'Mosquitoes' to Drive Kids Away - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

Such a device actually exists? I know what just made my Christmas list.

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During the journey we commonly forget its goal. Almost every profession is chosen as a means to an end but continued as an end in itself. Forgetting our objectives is the most frequent act of stupidity.
-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Wanderer and his Shadow

All good socialists have villas in Southern France. That's not the point.
-Eurosocialist

You got that right!

Now, if we could just find a way to disable cellphones in the movie theater, life would be sweet!

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"My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right." - Ashleigh Brilliant(?)
(Voting for None Of The Above, so far...)

Everybody now, lighters high, holding hands!

"We are the world!
We are the children!
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving!"

I think I just cried a little.

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"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases."

-Thomas Jefferson

I'm with you on that one.

And way ahead of ya. got one. From here:

Cell phone jammers for all worldwide use

Oh God.

Go away doc

It's legal in the US?

If so, things are looking up!

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"My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right." - Ashleigh Brilliant(?)
(Voting for None Of The Above, so far...)

No, it's NOT legal in the U.S.

It's ALSO not enforced or enforceable.

Though they MIGHT enforce it if your blocking caused some serious problems for someone like if they were dying and trying to call 9-11 or something.

I use mine in my HOME for when I don't feel like tolerating rude teenagers from my family blabbing on their goddamn cell phones in my home at thanksgiving. Times like that I won't tolerate their use.

The FCC can come after me if they LIKE.

They won't. They can go fuck themselves :-)

I have a feeling that it's only a matter of time until they ARE legal.

People are RUDE AS HELL with their cell phone use. Many people are buying these jammers.