I have read a small article in my English text book “Joining the Conversation" and the article was titled “Devices Enforce Silence of cellphones, Illegally.” This article was written by Matt Richtel on November 4^th of 2007. I thought that the author made some good arguments on why people should be able to use cell phone jammers, but he also argued how it can also be a bad thing.  After reading this article I would have to say that I personally think that cell phone jammers are really bad. There are also really good things that these devices can be used for as well if they are in the right hands. Matt explains how Gary a therapist uses a cell phone jammer because he didn't like the disruptions while other people were talking about their life. He felt that it was incredibly rude and hard for patients to open up if there were distractions from cell phones. I think that this was a particularly good reason and maybe they should only be used in places like this. The other reasons that I was thinking of were more on the negative side. Such as when or if we have an emergency and need to call for help. If people could use jammers then we cannot call for help when the time is of the essence in an emergency.  Therefore I think that there are the good and the bad reasons for why people should or shouldn't use cell phone jammers. I guess it all just depends on whether or not people can use them responsibly or if the devices are just not good at all.

Resources: Text Book – Joining the Conversation Writing in

College and Beyond. By: Mike Palmquist

Article read on pages 163-165 Chapter 6.