“If he and his friends don’t like public TVs, maybe they should just choose to go places that don’t have them ”

Mike, get your head outta yer $%^.
That’s unrealistic and you know it.

I agree. It’s like those people who objected to California’s ordinance that prohibited smoking in most bars by saying people should go someplace else if they didn’t like smoking. Well, how many non-smoking bars were there before the law was passed?

However, there’s a big difference between smoking and TVs. Being in a smoking area causes you real harm, while being around a TV doesn’t. If you don’t own the TV, what gives you the right to think you can turn it off? Yes, it’s a fun prank, but if you try it some places (for example, a sports bar during a big game), don’t be surprised if you wake up in an ambulance.

I don’t like constantly ringing cell phones in public EITHER but that doesn’t stop boorish people from using them constantly.

I’ll be buying my personal space cell phone jammer as soon as I can find one too.

Don’t hold your breath. A cell phone jammer would quite probably be illegal (with the possible exception of locations you own). Imagine jamming somebody trying to call 911.

“It will be a joy to surreptitiously shut off Super Bowl games , 24 – 7 TV’s that spout advertising in malls & those damned awful ” TVs ” they have in Amusement Park lines. “

So basically you’re just taking joy from being a jerk right? I mean chances are the SuperBowl game would be playing in a place that people would go SPECIFICALLY TO WATCH IT.

As for the TVs in Amusement park lines and the advertising in the malls…what’s so bad about that? Yeah you could go around and shut them off, but 1) Most of them are behind glass, without sound so there’s only the picture…why does this bother you THAT much? and 2) If the park lines are damn long, those tvs can break up the boredom at times…unless they have a loud volume (no parks around here do that…its only picture).