From: malQRMassimilation@gmail.com   
      
   On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 03:08:19AM -0000, Jeff Jonas wrote:   
   > >Chicopee Comprehensive High to lock students’ cell phones during school   
   day, joining Chicopee High   
   > >CHICOPEE – Comprehensive High School will soon be locking up   
   > >teenagers’ cell phones in magnetic pouches   
   >   
   > Umm, errr, yes, no, maybe?   
   >   
   > At first glance I agree that cellphones are abused and too distracting.   
   > But isn't the easier solution for the students   
   > to just not bring their cellphones to school at all?   
      
   Heaven forfend! That’s Communist! That’s Un-Americun! That’s   
   unprofitable!  How could you even suggest that all the young,   
   impressionalbe consumers-in-training be denied access to   
   advertisements while they are forming the brand-loyalties and   
   consumption habits which will provide a basis for Americun industry   
   and marketing for the rest of their lives?   
      
   > And what if there's an emergency where ALL cellphones ought to be available?   
      
   Such as an AR-15 in the hands of another child? Calls for help won’t   
   make any difference worth mentioning: we don’t need panicked children   
   to sound the alarm. We need courage from our leaders who live off the   
   campaign contributions of the arms industry.   
      
   The school administrators and teachers are just tired of having   
   contradictory sources of information in the hands of children whom   
   aren't yet well-enough indoctrinated to ignore viewpoints other than   
   the ones the schools are paid to inculcate into their pointy little   
   heads.   
      
   Bill Horne   
      
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