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In response to "How does that help?" by Beryllium

They Mumbai attacks were coordinate in real time by cell phone. -- nm

Posted by TWuG Jan 9 '09, 08:27

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oh, well, clearly we should ban all cellphones then. ;-) My position is that communication is inherently necessary to deal with incidents like that. - Beryllium Jan 9, 08:31 11
- I disagree. The upside of allowing the public to communicate over cell phones during an attack is way outweighed by - TWuG Jan 9, 08:34 3
  - Pfffft... scenes of mass panic are fun! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 9, 08:43
  - it's not like people couldn't trigger bombs remotely before cell phones. - mafic Jan 9, 08:38 1
    - Cell phones make it easier. Doesn't require line of sight or being nearby with some other type of transmitter. Timers aren't as reliable. -- nm - TWuG Jan 9, 08:42
- I disagree. Unless you are KSUTH, all you can do is make matters worse. - Spawn Jan 9, 08:33 6
  - *shrug* You can still provide intel, even staying out of the way. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 9, 08:35 5
    - Just what the authorities need, hundreds of calls from citizens during a crisis. -- nm - Spawn Jan 9, 08:36 4
      - Think back to 9/11. A truck bomb supposedy hit a Federal building. Planes over Ohio were supposedly part of the attack. - TWuG Jan 9, 08:41 1
        
        And disrupting New York calls would have still allowed those calls to happen. -- nm - Spawn Jan 9, 08:43
      - it's not like the 911 operators have another job to do. they're basically emergency services call screeners. -- nm - mafic Jan 9, 08:39 1
        
        Screening 100 calls is much different than screening 1000 calls or 10,000 calls. They sure as hell don't need to be - TWuG Jan 9, 08:44

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