Berkeley, once famous for its free-speech movement on campus, is now represented by a censor on the BART Board:
BART board president Bob Franklin Monday morning defended the agency’s decision to disable cell service on several platforms last Thursday, to disrupt a planned protest that was to be organized in part, via mobile communications among the participants. Franklin said any inconvenience passengers might have experienced paled in comparison to the potential danger and chaos of a large protest.
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I agree totally. I dont even understand how they hoped it would be effective… couldnt they just marshall the protestors using their cell phones on the surface?
[…] deviation in their political attitudes than politicals; they range from Rothbardian libertarians to free speech advocates and people who make fun of the phrase “undisclosed location” in the context of […]