OK, either someone didn't get the sarcasm, thought I wanted to ban fire, sticks and cell phones during unrest, and disagreed with me. Or, someone did get it, and thought that yes, it's OK to ban fire, sticks and cell phones during unrest. Or maybe you don't like sarcasm.

To be explicit: banning cell phones, Twitter and other technologies during unrest would be as futile and nonsensical as banning other technologies like fire and sticks. Not to mention totalitarian. And if I got trapped in an area of unrest, I would dearly love to be able to call my family or the police. Or twitter them. Or fight someone off with a fiery stick.

Either way, I'm really interested to know your reasons why you believe what you do.