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The public in the town didn't want people using their phones in public to begin with, which is why they voted for it. Do you think they would be more friendly if there was no ordinance? All this does is put something they already didn't want on the books but it can never be enforced. You would be treated in an unfriendly manner either way.
I mean do you really think people in this town were okay with public phone use and then someone said, "hey, let's put an unenforceable ban in place!" and the town said, "this will solve the problem! Now we can be rude to people who use phones in public!"
Just FYI, there are plenty of places in this world where people will be unfriendly to you if you use your phone in public. The difference here is you'll have a warning about it.
I guess you'd prefer to not have that warning?
If your end conclusion is that "I'd prefer to not have a warning " then I think you missed my point. I'm not opposed to the vote they took. I honestly don't care how they voted. Even if they somehow made it an actual law I still really wouldn't care either way. It's their town. I was only disagreeing with your statement that they weren't banning anything.
Personally I think a lot more things should be decided by purely popular vote. I honestly should make a post about a constitutional amendment I would like put through in the US. Just no idea of where to post it. (And actually have anyone see it.)
Being rude to people if they use a phone is not banning it. A ban has legal backing. They cannot legally confiscate your phone no matter how long you stand right in the center of town staring down at it.
And if someone took the phone out of your hand, they would be in legal trouble for stealing.
This is simply not a ban.