...a quick note to say we've posted another Issue I page at...
Contraband Page
Let us know your thoughts when you get a sec, svp...
Last week I found out an Aussie woman was arrested for requesting a American woman shut her mobile off at the movies (see below). Perhaps some sort of response is expected from those dingos Down Under?
Have a cool week....TJ
MOBILES TO BE BLOCKED FOR BUSH DURING AUSTRALIA TRIP (7NEWS 2007)
Mobile phone calls in sections of Sydney's CBD will reportedly be blocked during US President George Bush's APEC visit in September, thanks to a helicopter fitted with signal-jamming equipment that will shadow the President's motorcade.
"News Limited papers report the sophisticated counter-terrorism measure will be used to prevent mobile phone detonated remote-control bombs.
Arrested for asking for quiet in cinema (Daily Telegraph 2006)
Pauline Clayton , an Australian tourist has been charged with assault after telling a Texas woman to stop talking on her mobile phone at the movies. All Ms Clayton did was touch her arm to get her attention. The woman accused Ms Clayton of "invading her private space" and filed a complaint of assault because Ms Clayton had touched her...
Contraband...A four-issue graphic novel available next month at Eyemelt and hitting the shelves in early '08 from Slave Labor Graphics
Where the fun adventures of Tintin meet the anarchic subculture of Fight Club, this quirky thriller/noir is one of the first illustrated books to show how privacy-invading camera phone use is fuelling a new multi-billion dollar spy-cam industry.